Landform / Climate Region Test. Elevated Land with gentle slopes Smaller than a mountain.

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Landform / Climate Region Test

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Landform / Climate Region Test

Elevated Land with gentle slopes

Smaller than a mountain

Flat top with steep sides – smaller than a plateau

One of the seven large masses of the world

Flat Land with high elevation and steep sides

Land with steep sides that rise sharply

Land with water completely surrounding it

Large body of salt water

Large vast area of flat land

Area of land surrounded by higher elevation

This land is usually drained rivers or tributaries

Point of land that extends into the water

Lower land between hills and mountains

Deep narrow valleys with steep walls

Land surrounded by water on 3 sides

Inland body of water

Most of the time fresh

Large stream water

Flows into a bigger body of water

Large body of water with long shore line

Larger than a bay

Located in southeastern United States

Very Humid and hot in summer – mild in the winter

Mixed Forest with some palm trees

10 -20 inches of rain / year

Located in Western North America and the Sahel of Africa

Small Shrubs and grasslands

Extremely Cold Winters / Summers

Northern Eurasia

Coniferous Forest - Tiaga

Grasslands with scattered Trees

Have a very wet and very dry season

Home of many animals in Africa

Located at North Pole

Lichens and mosses

Extremely dry and cold year round

Located along the Tropics

Very Lush Vegetation

0 to 10 inches of Rain

Very Dry

Located on Leeward Side of Rainshadow

High Elevation Climate

Not much grows above the timberline