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Plum’s Island Explorer: Land and Water

View of the Mountain

A flat landscape scattered with trees leads to a large mountain.
A flat landscape leads to a tall, jagged mountain with parts that have different heights and steepness. Some parts of the mountain have round summits and others have pointy summits. Nearby, a much smaller hill has a rounded summit.
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What's the difference between a mountain and a hill? Well, a mountain goes much higher than a hill. And the sides of a mountain are steeper. But the tops of mountains and hills are both called "summits"! 

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