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3. … scientists call relief or terrain includes all the major features
or landforms of a region.
4. Loess is a geologically recent deposit of silt or material, … is
usually yellowish or brown in color.

5. Low plateaus are often farming regions, … high plateaus are
usually suitable for livestock grazing.

Task 3. Make the sentences interrogative and negative. Pay
attention to the tense form.

1. Systems of valleys extend through plains, hills, and mountains.
2. Some plateaus lie between mountain ranges.

3. The highest landform on the Earth is a mountain: Mount
Everest in Nepal.
4. Ukraine, one of the largest countries in Europe, has many

diverse and interesting geographic features.
5. The Black Sea Coastal Lowlands cover the southern edges of
the country.

Task 4. Correct the mistakes if there are any. Pay attention to
the tense form.

1. The Earth's water is continuously changing its physical state
(liquid, solid or vapor).
2. Earth's water always move from one to another place.
3. Plate tectonics slowly and constantly reshapes the

configuration of the continents and ocean basis.
4. Erosion and transport of loose material from the rain and ice
slowly wear mountains and fill in low areas due to gravity.

5. Glaciers form in the cold polar regions and in highest
mountains.
6. Minor landforms include buttes, canyons, valleys, and basins.

IV. WRITING

Task 1.Write the translation of the following sentences.

1. Рельєф місцевості - це сукупність нерівностей земної
поверхні.

2. На топографічних планах необхідно забезпечити наочне
уявлення про топографічну поверхню.

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