ascent
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a slope, or the path that someone uses to climb a slope
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an area of land that is higher than the land surrounding it but smaller and lower than a mountain
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a large area of high land covered with grass, bushes, and heather, with soil that is not good for growing crops
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a large area of high land covered with grass, bushes, and heather. This can also be called moorlands.
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a natural structure like a very big hill that is much higher than the usual level of land around it
the highest mountain in the world, in the range of mountains called the Himalayas on the north-east border of Nepal. It is often simply called Everest.
the tall white cliffs along the coast of southern England near Dover. They are often the first thing that people see when they arrive in England by boat from continental Europe.
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