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terrane

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Recent Examples of terrane The volcanic plains on the near side of the moon are home to a group of elements including potassium, rare earth elements, phosphorous among others – known as Procellarum KREEP terrane (PKT) that is rare elsewhere on the moon. — Katie Hunt, CNN, 11 Apr. 2022 Beyond that is hilly terrane that is mostly volcanic material that make up most of the surface of Mars. — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 16 Feb. 2021

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Satellites look back at Earth, studying its changing landforms, migrating wildlife, diminishing glaciers and natural disasters.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 21 Oct. 2026
The filing says that the tree project would proceed regardless of whether the administration ultimately moves forward with the redesign and will not alter holes, routing, greens, bunkers or landforms.

— Rick Maese, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of landform

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Especially if the ship is required to counter a mixture of threats from air, sea, and land.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
And the last independent country in that land before modern Israel, the one Rome conquered, was--wait for it--a Jewish nation.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of land

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Set the scene Damaraland, in northwestern Namibia, is known for its stark, rugged topography and desert-adapted wildlife.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2026
Idefix, the size of a large shoebox, will attempt to drive around Phobos for up to 100 days while grappling with the moon’s rough topography and tenuous gravity, less than one-thousandth that of Earth’s.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of topography

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Those instruments are to investigate the subsurface structure of Mars, the geomorphology and geology of surface terrains, as well as look at the meteorology of the atmosphere and the radiation environment.

— Leonard David, Space.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Some of these questions can be studied by a field called geomorphology, the study of how the Earth’s surface changes, especially by erosion.

— Geoff Emberling, The Conversation, 19 May 2026

Definition of geomorphology

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Task Force were returning to their camp Sunday in a white all-terrain Toyota when they were ambushed by heavily armed criminals, according to the Salvadoran military.

— Widlore Mérancourt, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
The utility’s meteorologists forecast the strongest winds late Friday night into Saturday morning, particularly in the northern Sierra Nevada foothills, parts of Shasta County and elevated terrain in the North Bay.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026

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