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mountain ![click to hear : mountain click to hear : mountain](../../images/speaker-vert.gif)
Elevated landform characterized by steep slopes; it is usually part of a chain.
valley ![click to hear : valley click to hear : valley](../../images/speaker-vert.gif)
Elongated depression shaped by a watercourse or glacier and bounded by the slopes of the surrounding land.
kettle ![click to hear : kettle click to hear : kettle](../../images/speaker-vert.gif)
Cavity formed as a mass of melting ice detaches from the tongue of a receding glacier; some kettles fill with water to form a lake.
drumlin ![click to hear : drumlin click to hear : drumlin](../../images/speaker-vert.gif)
Low hill sculpted by a moving glacier and formed of glacial drift; drumlins are usually found in parallel groupings.
forest ![click to hear : forest click to hear : forest](../../images/speaker-vert.gif)
Vast expanse of land covered with trees.
hill ![click to hear : hill click to hear : hill](../../images/speaker-vert.gif)
Moderately high landform whose slopes follow a gentle incline.
lake ![click to hear : lake click to hear : lake](../../images/speaker-vert.gif)
Body of water completely surrounded by land; it varies in size and depth.
plateau ![click to hear : plateau click to hear : plateau](../../images/speaker-vert.gif)
Vast expanse of relatively flat land, higher than the surrounding region and bounded by deep valleys with sheer cliffs.
mountain torrent ![click to hear : mountain torrent click to hear : mountain torrent](../../images/speaker-vert.gif)
Watercourse flowing steeply with irregular flow; it is subject to violent floods when the snow melts.
mountain slope ![click to hear : mountain slope click to hear : mountain slope](../../images/speaker-vert.gif)
Each of the mountain faces that reaches down into the valley.
ridge ![click to hear : ridge click to hear : ridge](../../images/speaker-vert.gif)
Long narrow section at the highest point on a mountain.
peak ![click to hear : peak click to hear : peak](../../images/speaker-vert.gif)
Mountain whose summit forms a cone or point.
cliff ![click to hear : cliff click to hear : cliff](../../images/speaker-vert.gif)
Steep slope with no asperities.
spur ![click to hear : spur click to hear : spur](../../images/speaker-vert.gif)
A lower mountain chain bordering a principal chain.
pass ![click to hear : pass click to hear : pass](../../images/speaker-vert.gif)
Depression in a mountain landscape that creates a passage.
crest ![click to hear : crest click to hear : crest](../../images/speaker-vert.gif)
Line intersecting two mountain slopes; a crest can run all the way into the valley.
perpetual snows ![click to hear : perpetual snows click to hear : perpetual snows](../../images/speaker-vert.gif)
Accumulations of snow on the highest reaches of a mountain that never melt.
summit ![click to hear : summit click to hear : summit](../../images/speaker-vert.gif)
The highest point on the mountain.