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- 1. Landform
- 2. What are landforms? • Landforms are the natural shapes or features called landforms. • There are many different types of landforms found on the earth.
- 3. mountain A mountain is a place on Earth’s surface that is much higher than the land around it.
- 4. valley A valley is a lowland area between higher lands such as mountains.
- 5. canyon A canyon is a deep valley with very steep sides.
- 6. plain A plain is a flat area on Earth’s surface.
- 7. plateau A plateau is a flat area higher than the land around it.
- 8. island An island is land that is completely surrounded by water.
- 9. lake A lake is water that is completely surrounded by land.
- 10. ocean Oceans are the largest bodies of water on earth.
- 11. coast A coast is the area where the ocean touches the land.
- 12. desert A desert is a hot dry place with little or no rainfall.
- 13. river A river is a long flowing body of water.
- 14. A peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides Peninsula
- 16. 1. A _________ is water with land all around it. A. Ocean B. Island C. Lake HintHint
- 17. 2. What is the largest body of water on Earth? A. Ocean B. Lake C. River HintHint
- 18. 3. A _______ is higher than the land around it. A. Island B. Mountain C. Valley HintHint
- 19. 4. What is a flowing body of water? A. Plateau B. Lake C. River HintHint
- 20. 5. I am land and have water all around me. What am I? A. Island B. Coast C. Desert HintHint
- 21. 6. Location tells us A. Where it is B. What it’s like when I get there C. What famous people live there
- 22. 7. Place tells us A. the latitude and longitude of a place B. What the area looks like, what the culture is like there, climate, landforms, etc. C. what the address is
- 23. 8. Region tells us A. What famous people live in a given city B. What the weather is like over time in a given place C. What different areas have in common like climate or language or religion
- 31. Salt Range In Punjab Hill system called salt range These lies across North of Punjab from Jehlun to Indus River. The famous mines are Khewra, Warcha, Kalabagh
- 34. This seventh largest desert in the world also known as the ‘Great Indian Desert’ is located in the Sindh province of Pakistan.
- 35. Tharparker Heart of deserts is a district that occurs in the south east of Sindh.
- 36. Thal desert This desert is located in the Province of Punjab on Sindsagar Doab. It is a vast area between the Jehlum and Indus rivers south of the Pothohar Plateau
- 37. Cholistan Desert Cholistan Desert is situated 30 km from Bahawalpur City. It is spread over an area of 16,000 square kilometers
- 39. Ravi is the smallest of the five main eastern tributaries of Indus. It rises in the Himalauans in Himachal Pardesh (India) and flows west – Northwest past Chamba, turning Southwest at the boundary of Jammu and Kashmir.
- 41. Sutlaj It is the longest river out of the five in Punjab . Its location is south of the Hindu Kush, It is also known as the Red River
- 42. Indus: The creation of the embryonic Indus river system, the main source of surface water in South Asia, most likely began 50 million years ago
- 46. The Arabian Sea is a region of the northern Indian Ocean bounded on the north by Pakistan and Iran
- 47. Salt Range
- 50. Sakardu
- 54. Quetta
- 55. Located at the northern end of Kaghan Valley, near Naran, the lake attracts tourists all year round Safull Malook
- 56. Sheosar Lake is located in Deosai National Park, in Gilgit-Baltistan.
- 69. Muree Timber
- 70. Natural Gas Resources in Pakistan