The land's "contours, springs, caves, vegetation, and landforms are the surface of a giant, like a sheltering and nourishing mother."
(The land's "contours, springs, caves, vegetation, and landforms; are; the surface of a giant, like a sheltering and nourishing mother)
The land's "contours, springs, caves, vegetation, and landforms
are
the surface of a giant, like a sheltering and nourishing mother