Landscape

Photo of rolling hills.

List of landscape features.

Large natural geographic formations and environments.

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Beach

Photo of a beach

A beach is the sandy edge of the sea or a lake. A beach is sometimes called the shore. People like to go down to the beach and sit in the sun, make sandcastles or go swimming.

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Canyon

Photo of a canyon

A canyon is a large, deep path that has been cut through the landscape by a watercourse like a river over many years.

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Cave

Photo of a cave

A cave is a hole in the side of a hill or mountain that is big enough for people or animals to get inside. Many animals, like bears and bats live in caves.

Limestone caves are often full of stalactites and stalagmites.

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City

Photo of a city

A city is a place where there is a very large number of buildings and houses close together. A city may have many millions of people living in it. The city in the picture is in Japan, and is called Tokyo.

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Cliff

Photo of a cliff

A cliff is a near-vertical expanse of rock, usually found next to the sea or by the side of a river. Cliffs are usually caused by erosion.

A lot of people like to climb up cliffs, and many more people just like to look at them, or take photographs.

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Crater

Photo of a crater

A crater is a large, circular hole in the ground that could have been caused by several different things. Craters can be many kilometers wide and very deep.

Craters are found on top of volcanoes, and they can be caused by meteors hitting the Earth. They are sometimes caused when the ground collapses above a large underground chamber like an old mine or a cave.

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Creek

Photo of a creek

A creek is a type of small river.

Another word for a creek is a stream.

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Desert

Photo of a desert sand dune

A desert is a large area where hardly any rain falls. Considering how little water there is in a desert, there is an amazing variety of life in most deserts, such as many kinds of cactus and a huge variety of reptiles and insects.

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Dune

Photo of sand dunes

A sand dune is a small hill made entirely of sand that has been formed by wind blowing the sand around.

Sand dunes are usually found in the desert or near the beach.

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Earthquake

Photo of an earthquake

An earthquake is a sudden release of energy under the Earth's surface, like a sudden cracking along a fault line. Earthquakes can sometimes be caused by volcanoes. Earthquakes can cause severe shaking of the ground, which makes building buildings fall down and roads and bridges to crack and break.

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