Mountains and flat lands

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Mountains and flat lands

mountains

flat land

MOUNTAINS

1.Mountains are high lands with steep slopes.

2. Low mountains are called hills.

3. Several mountains together are called a mountain range.

4. We can travel over mountains using a mountain pass.

5. We can also travel through the mountains using tunnels.

The shape of mountains

1.Mountains are high lands with _____________.

2.Low mountains are called ______.

3.Several mountains together are called a _________________.

4.We can travel over mountains using a ________________.

5.We can also travel through the mountains using __________.

steep slopes

hills

mountain range

mountain pass

tunnels

This is a mountain range.

The PARTS OF A MOUNTAINMountains have 3 parts:1. The summit is the highest

part of the mountain.

2. The foot is the lowest part.

3. The slopes are the sides from the foot to the summit.

Summit:the

Highest part

Slopes:the sidesFrom the foot

To summit

Foot:the lowestpart

Flat land

Plains are huge extensions of flat land.

Many plains have fertile soil, and people grow crops there.

Valleys are the flat lands between mountains.

Rivers start in the mountains, and run through the valleys.

Many towns and cities are on flat land called plains.

1. Plains are ______ extensions of ______ land.

Many plains have ___________ soil, and people grow _________ there.

2. Valleys are the flat lands ___________ mountains.

_________ start in the mountains, and run through the valleys.

huge

fertile

crops

betweenRiver

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