minor landforms
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Face of the Earth The face of the earth’s surface seems to have existed just as they have been since the world
begun.
Scientific study has been devoted to the thin crustal area on which ma lives, and most of the
earth’s surface features are well known.
25% of the earth surface is consists of lands.
75% is accounted for by water, which can be can be broken down into
70% oceans and seas
5% in land water like lakes and rivers.
Peninsula
A tract of land , large or small, nearly surrounded by water or atleast having water on three sides so
that the greatest part of the boundery is a coast line.
Deltas
Alluvial plains that streams have built at their mouths and in ponded water. They are flood plains.
Fjord
A U shaped valley that leads to the sea and that appears to be submerged in it’s lower position.
Tundra
A treeless plain that is characteristic of Arctic and sub- Arctic regions, usually covered with ice or
snow.