Landmarks

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Fjord: A segment of a troughlike glaciated valley partly filled by an arm of the sea. It differs from other glaciated valleys only in the fact of submergence. The floors of many fiords are elongatebasins excavated in bedrock, and in consequence are shallower at the fiord mouths than in the inland direction. The seaward rims of such basins represent lessening of glacial erosion at the coastline,where the former glacier ceased to be confined by valley walls and could spread laterally. Some rims are heightened by glacial drift deposited upon them in the form of an end moraine. ExampleHardangerfjord in Hordaland, Norway.
Cliffs: A steep rock face, usually facing the sea. While an active cliff is still subject to the forces of marine erosion, an abandoned cliff is protected from waveattack by a wave-cut platform or by a barrier beach. As the abandoned cliff is exposed to subaerial denudation it becomes less steep, and its upper edge more indented.

Nanga Parbat, highest cliff(rock wall, mountain face) in the world

Peaks: the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill); "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the tip ofMonadnock"; "the region is a few molecules wide at the summit"

Laila Peak (6614 m)

Plains: Any relatively level area of the Earth's surface that exhibits gentle slopes and small local relief (differencesin elevation). Occupying slightly more than one-third of the terrestrial surface, plains are found on all continents except Antarctica. Some are tree-covered, and others are grassy. Still otherssupport scrub brush and bunch grass, and a few are nearly waterless deserts. With certain exceptions, plains have become the sites of major centres of population, industry, commerce, and transportation.Great Plains near Kearney, Nebraska

Pampas: The natural grassland of southern Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay. Trees were found in the river valleys, and shrubs occurred wherever hills rose...
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