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MOUNTAINS

mountains are natural elevation of the earth's surface with steep sides and greater height then a hill 

Examples of some mountains are ; MOUNT EVERST , MOUNT FUJI,  MOUNT KILIMANJARO 

 

Mt. Kilimanjro 

 

Glacier

A glacier is a large ice mass that moves slowly down a mountain or over land

Examples of  glaciers are; PERITTO MORENO , VATANJOKULL,  FOX GLAXIER

 

Perito Moreno

Volcano 

A volcano is an opening in the earth, usually raised, through which gases and lava escape from the eath's interior

Examples of some volcanoes are ; Mount Vesuvius, Mount St. Helen, Mount Etna

Island

A body of land surrounded by water 

Example; HAWAII

Bay/Gulf 

A part of an ocean or lake partically enclosed by land

Flood Plain 

Flat land near the edges of rivers formed by mud and silt deposited by floods

Weather And Climate

Hannah Wynn

Weather is the condition of the atmosphere at a particular location and time. Climate is the term for weather conditions at a particular location over a long period of time. 

What causes the weather?

The amount of solar energy received by a location varies according to the earths's position in relation to the sun.  Big masses of air absorb and distribute this solar energy, which turns affects in the weather . Others include 

  • Water vapor

  • Cloud cover

  • Landforms and bodies of water

  • Elevation 

  • Air movment

Canyon

Swamp 

Peninsula

Cliff

Extreme Weather

Extreme weather includes servere, unusal or unseasonal weather.  A few extreme weathers are ;

  • Hurricanes - storms that form over warm, tropical ocean waters

  • Blizzards - A heavy snowstorm with winds of moren then 35 miles per hour

  • Droughts - a long period of time without rain

  • Floods - when water spreads over land, not normally covered with water

A narrow, deep valley with steep sides 

Examples // GRAND CANYON

A lowland region that is saturated by water

 

a point of land extending into an ocean or lake

the steep, almost vertical edge of a hill, mountain, or plain

Example// HAWKE BAY

Example// TUPELO SWAMPS

Example// SON TRA PENISULA

Example// CLIFFS OF MOHER

Hurricane Katrina was the 11th named storm and fifth hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It was  one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. The storm is currently ranked as the third most intense United States landfalling tropical cyclone. It killed around 1,245 people, total property damage was around 108 billion dollars. 

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