Landform
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A landform comprises a geomorphological unit. The highest order landforms are oceans and continents. Landforms can be created by a number of factors, ranging from plate tectonics to erosion and deposition.
See: geomorphology, topography, physical geography, earth science.
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List of landforms
- alas
- continent
- hill and ridge
- mountain and mountain range
- ocean
- pingo
- plain and plateau
- terrace
- volcano
Coastal and Oceanic landforms
- arch
- barrier bar
- bay
- beach
- boondock
- cape
- cave
- cliff
- cove
- estuary
- fjord
- headland
- island, island arc, archipelago & atol
- lagoon
- ocean
- Ocean Ridge & Ocean Trench
- peninsula
- raised beach
- ria
- sea
- spit
- stack & stump
- tombolo
- wave cut platform
Fluvial landforms
- bar
- basin
- beach
- cave
- cliff
- confluence
- delta
- estuary
- flood plain
- gorge and canyon
- gully
- island
- lake
- levee
- meander
- ox bow lake
- pool
- riffle
- river
- spring
- stream
- stream terrace
- valley and vale
- waterfall
- watershed
Mountain & Glacial landforms
- arete
- cirque
- crevasse
- cwm
- dirt cone
- drumlin
- esker
- fjord
- glacial valley
- glacier
- kame
- kame delta
- kettle
- moraine, dump moraine, terminal moraine moraine lake & latteral moraine
- mountain & mountain range
- outwash fan and outwash plain
- pingo
- stream terrace
- valley
Volcanic Landforms
- Caldera
- cinder cone
- Geyser
- lava dome
- lava flow & lava plain
- Ocean Ridge
- Ocean Trench
- Vent
- Volcanic Island
- Volcano, shield volcano & composite volcano (or stratovolcano)
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Landform" http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landform August 15, 2003
