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FEATURES OF THE EARTH
There are 5 continents in the world
We can also find 6 if we divide North and South America or 7 if we include Antarctica
These continents are surrounded by 5 oceans that cover about 75% of the Earth’s Crust:
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic OceanIndian OceanPacific OceanSouthern Ocean
The Earth has many features, but we are going to learn only some of them.
Water features
• Sea: a body of salt water, eg: Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Sea of Marmara, Baltic Sea
• Ocean: also a body of salt water, but bigger than a sea, eg: Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean
Where the sea and the land meet is called the COAST
• River: a moving body of fresh water that flows to other bodies of water such as bigger rivers, seas or lakes eg Mississipi, Nile, Volga…
• Lake: a small body of water surrounded by land eg Titicaca
Landforms • Mountain: a raised area of land. Some mountains are very high and rocky with snow on the top, and others are lower, with trees. The highest mountain in the world is Everest
• Hill: also a natural elevation of the land, but smaller than a mountain
• Plain: a large land area that is mostly flat
• Valley: a low land area between mountains
• Island: a piece of land with water all round
• Archipelago: a group of islands