Have you ever wondered what's at the bottom of the sea? Well, it's land, of course. When the sea was formed, water filled the low parts of the earth and covered much of the land. So, there is land...
The flower that tells of battles
More than a thousand years ago, says an old French tale, there lived a holy man now known as Saint Leonard. One day he gave away all his money and everything he owned. Then he went to live by himself...
The bottom of the sea
What lies beneath the ocean? What's at the bottom of the deep blue sea? Tall mountains! Great plains! Deep valleys! Volcanoes! The whole outside of the earth is covered with a rocky crust. The...
Icy bulldozers
glacier, Chile Some of the snow on a high mountaintop melts and runs off. But much of it stays all year round. The snow that stays becomes hard and grainy, like salt. As new snow falls each year,...
The lowest place in the world
> Canyon de Chelly, Arizona > Dead Sea, between Jordan and Israel If the highest part of the land is a mountaintop, where do you think the lowest place must be? That's right---in a valley. The...
Nature’s ditches
What parts of the earth's surface have floors and walls? Valleys. A valley is like a long ditch scooped out of the ground. The bottom of the ditch is called the floor. The sides are called valley...