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Figure 4.8. Glaciers
Task 3. Answer the questions, using the active vocabulary.
1. What belongs to landforms?
2. What do you know about valleys? What kinds of valleys can
you name?
3. Will you explain the difference between a plateau and a plate?
4. How were the mountains formed?
5. What are falls?
6. What are the main characteristics of loess?
Task 4 Define whether the following statements are true or
false. Correct the false ones according to the text.
1. A valley is a hollow or surface depression of the Earth bounded
by hills or mountains.
2. At the top of many valleys is fertile soil, which makes excellent
farmland.
3. The form of a valley depends upon the rate at which deepening
and widening goes on.
4. Plateaus are widespread, and together with enclosed basins
they cover about 75 percent of the Earth’s land surface.
5. Mountains occur more often on land than in oceans.
6. Inland plains may be found at high altitudes.
7. A flood plain is formed of mud, sand, and silt that are left
behind when the river overflows its banks.
8. Hills may be created by valleys.
9. Erosion forms hills by carrying away all of the soil on a
mountain, causing a hill to be left behind.
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