Glossary of landforms


s are categorized by characteristic physical attributes such as their creating process, shape, elevation, slope, orientation, rock exposure, and soil type.

Landforms by process

Landforms organized by the processes that create them.

Aeolian landforms

s include:

Coastal and oceanic landforms

Coastal and oceanic landforms include:
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  • , and stump

    Cryogenic landforms

Landforms produced by or in low-temperatures include:

Erosion landforms

Landforms produced by erosion and weathering usually occur in rocky or fluvial environments, and many also appear under those headings.
  • Chink, regional term in Central Asia for steep chalk and limestone escarpments and cliffs of height up to 350m, often around flat-top elevations
  • Paleoplain - A buried erosion plain; a particularly large and flat erosion surface

    Fluvial landforms

landforms include:

Impact landforms

Landforms created by – include:

Lacustrine landforms

Lacustrine – associated with lakes – landforms include:
Mountain and – include:
  • formed by glacial movement
  • or cwm
  • and
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  • Slope landforms

Slope landforms include:

Tectonic landforms

Landforms created by tectonic activity include:

Volcanic landforms

Volcanic landforms include:

  • Weathering landforms

Weathering landforms include:

  • Landforms by shape

Positive landforms

Depressions

Flat landforms

  • Paleoplain - A buried erosion plain; a particularly large and flat erosion surface

    Landforms, alphabetic

  • or cwm
  • , natural
  • Paleoplain - A buried erosion plain; a particularly large and flat erosion surface
  • and stump
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