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Our Land, Our Water
Power Words:
mountain
plain
river
lake
Earth is made up of different kinds of land.
A mountain is land that is higher than the land
around it. A plain is a large, flat land area. Some
plains are grassy. Other plains have good soil for
farming. Plains can be high land or low land.
Earth had different kinds of water. A river is
fresh water that moves across the land. It may
empty into a lake, another river, or an ocean. The
Mississippi is one of the longest rivers in the United
States.
A lake is a body of water that has land all
around it. Some lakes are huge!