Accidentes Geograficos (Looking at Landforms)

28 Pages·2012·2.907 MB·English, Spanish

by  Ellen Mitten

Accidentes
geográficos
Looking at Landforms
Ellen K. Mitten
Vero Beach, Florida 32964
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Mitten, Ellen.
Looking at landforms / Ellen K. Mitten.
p. cm. -- (Little world Geography)
ISBN 978-1-60694-421-9 (hard cover)
ISBN 978-1-60694-537-7 (soft cover)
ISBN 978-1-60694-588-9 (bilingual)
1. Landforms--Juvenile literature. I. Title.
GB401.5.M58 2010
551.41--dc22
2009005745
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¿Qué son los accidentes geográficos?
What are landforms?
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Los accidentes geográficos son las
elevaciones y depresiones de la
superficie de la Tierra.
Landforms are the bumps and grooves
on the surface of the Earth.
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montaña
mountain
valle
meseta llanura
valley
plateau plain
La superficie de la Tierra tiene
montañas, valles, mesetas y llanuras.
The Earth’s surface has mountains,
valleys, plateaus, and plains.
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montaña
mountain
Las montañas son los accidentes
geográficos más altos de la Tierra.
Mountains are the world’s
tallest landforms.
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