Mountains and cliffs
Mountains are very tall pieces of land that stand high above the land around them.
The parts of a mountain
The pointed top of a mountain.
Many mountains are wide at the bottom and narrow at the top.
The sides go up quickly from low to high.
What mountains are made of.
Very high mountains often have snow on top.
A group of mountains joined together in a long line.
Mulhacén (3,479 m) is the highest mountain in the Iberian Peninsula. It is part of a mountain range called Sierra Nevada, in Andalusia. But the highest point in all of Spain is Teide (3,715 m), a volcano in the Canary Islands.
Cliffs
A cliff is a mass of rock that rises very high and is almost vertical: straight up and down, like a wall. The top of a cliff is often flat. Many cliffs are on the coast, where the sea crashes against them.
Steep sides and a pointed peak.
Vertical side and a flat top.