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1 LANDFORMS

2 mountain A landform high above the land around it.

3 Huayna Picchu

4 hill A high place on Earth´s surface; not as high as a mountain

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6 valley A low, narrow area between hills or moutains.

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8 plateau A plain that is higher than the land around it

9 Markawasi Plateau

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11 volcano An opening in Earth´s crust; pressure inside the earth forces hot melted rock up

12 El Misti

13 lake A body of water surrounded by land

14 Lake Titicaca

15 plain A large, mostly flat area mainly of grass.

16 (on the road to Puno)

17 glacier A large, moving body of ice that moves downhill.

18 (in the Andes)

19 ocean The body of salt water that covers almost ¾ of Earth´s surface

20 Chorrillos

21 coast The land next to the ocean

22 Costa Verde

23 river A large natural stream of moving water.

24 Rimac River

25 island An area of land surrounded totally by water

26 An island on lake Titicaca

27 desert A barren (empty) dry area

28 Ica

29 canyon A deep V-shaped valley cut by a river through strong rock

30 Colca Canyon

31 peninsula A body of land surrounded by water on 3 sides

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33 waterfall A place in a river where water spills suddenly downward

34 Las Cataratas Las Tres Hermanas - Rio Cutivireni


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