List of landforms

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Landforms are categorised by characteristic physical attributes such as elevation, slope, orientation, rock exposure, and soil type.

Landforms by process

Landforms organized by the processes that create them.

Aeolian

Coastal and oceanic landforms include:

  • Earth:Abyssal fan – Underwater geological structures associated with large-scale sediment deposition
  • Earth:Abyssal plain – Flat area on the deep ocean floor
  • Earth:Archipelago – Collection of islands
  • Earth:Atoll – Ring-shaped coral reef
  • Arch – Arch-shaped natural rock formation
  • Earth:Barrier island – Coastal dune landform that forms by wave and tidal action parallel to the mainland coast
  • Earth:Bay
  • Earth:Baymouth bar – Sandbank that partially or completely closes access to a bay
  • Earth:Beach
  • Earth:Raised beach – Emergent coastal landform
  • Earth:Beach cusps – Shoreline formations made up of various grades of sediment in an arc pattern
  • Earth:Beach ridge – Wave-swept or wave-deposited ridge running parallel to a shoreline
  • Bight – Shallowly concave bend or curve in a coastline, river, or other geographical feature
  • Blowhole – Hole at the top of a sea-cave which allows waves to force water or spray out of the hole
  • Channel – Type of landform in which part of a body of water is confined to a relatively narrow but long region
  • Cape – Large headland extending into a body of water, usually the sea
  • Earth:Calanque – Narrow, steep-walled inlet on the Mediterranean coast
  • Earth:Cliff – Tall, near vertical rock face
  • Earth:Coast
  • Earth:Continental shelf – Coastal and oceanic landform
  • Earth:Coral reef – Outcrop of rock in the sea formed by the growth and deposit of stony coral skeletons
  • Earth:Cove
  • Earth:Cuspate foreland – Geographical features found on coastlines and lakeshores
  • Dune system – Hill of loose sand built by aeolian processes or the flow of water
  • Earth:Estuary – Partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water
  • Earth:Firth – Scottish word used for various coastal inlets and straits
  • Earth:Fjard – Glacially formed, broad, shallow inlet
  • Earth:Fjord
  • Geo – Inlet, a gully or a narrow and deep cleft in the face of a cliff
  • Earth:Gulf – Large inlet from the ocean into the landmass
  • Earth:Headland – Landform extending into a body of water, often with significant height and drop
  • Earth:Inlet – Indentation of a shoreline
  • Earth:Island
  • Earth:Islet – Very small island
  • Earth:Lagoon
  • Earth:Machair – Fertile low-lying grassy plain
  • Earth:Mid-ocean ridge – Basaltic underwater mountain system formed by plate tectonic spreading
  • Earth:Oceanic basin – Geologic basin under the sea
  • Earth:Oceanic plateau – Relatively flat submarine region that rises well above the level of the ambient seabed
  • Earth:Oceanic trench – Long and narrow depressions of the sea floor
  • Earth:Peninsula
  • Earth:Ria – Coastal inlet formed by the partial submergence of an unglaciated river valley
  • Earth:Salt marsh – Coastal ecosystem between land and open saltwater that is regularly flooded
  • Earth:Sea cave – Cave formed by the wave action of the sea and located along present or former coastlines
  • Earth:Seamount – Mountain rising from the ocean seafloor that does not reach to the water's surface
  • Earth:Shoal – Natural submerged sandbank that rises from a body of water to near the surface
  • Earth:Shore – The fringe of land at the edge of a large body of water
  • Sound – A long, relatively wide body of water, connecting two larger bodies of water
  • Spit – Coastal bar or beach landform deposited by longshore drift
  • Earth:Strait – Naturally formed, narrow, typically navigable waterway that connects two larger bodies of water
  • Earth:Strandflat – Type of landform found in high-latitude areas
  • Stack – Geological landform consisting of a steep and often vertical column or columns of rock, and stump
  • Earth:Submarine canyon – A steep-sided valley cut into the seabed of the continental slope
  • Earth:Surge channel – Type of coastal landform
  • Earth:Tessellated pavement – Relatively flat rock surface that is subdivided into more or less regular shapes by fractures
  • Earth:Tidal marsh – Marsh subject to tidal change in water
  • Earth:Tide pool – Rocky pool on a seashore, separated from the sea at low tide, filled with seawater
  • Earth:Tombolo – Deposition landform in which an island is connected to the mainland by a sandy isthmus
  • Earth:Volcanic arc – Chain of volcanoes formed above a subducting plate
  • Earth:Wave-cut platform – Narrow flat area created by erosion

Cryogenic landforms

Erosion landforms

Landforms produced by erosion and weathering usually occur in coastal or fluvial environments, and many also appear under those headings.

Fluvial landforms

 landforms include:

Impact landforms

Landforms created by extraterrestrial impacts – Collision of two astronomical objects – include:

Karst landforms

Earth:Karst – Topography from dissolved soluble rocks – includes:

  • Earth:Abîme – Geographical term referring to vertical shaft in caves
  • Earth:Calanque – Narrow, steep-walled inlet on the Mediterranean coast
  • Earth:Cave – Natural underground space large enough for a human to enter
  • Earth:Foiba – Type of deep natural sinkhole
  • Earth:Mogote – Steep-sided residual hill of limestone, marble, or dolomite on a flat plain
  • Earth:Polje – Type of large plain found in karst regions
  • Earth:Sinkhole – Depression or hole in the ground caused by collapse of the surface into an existing void space
  • Turlough – Type of seasonal or periodic lake found in limestone areas of Ireland
  • Uvala – Toponym for a closed karst depression

Lacustrine landforms

Lacustrine – associated with lakes – landforms include:

Mountain and glacial landforms

Mountain and Earth:Glacial landform – Landform created by the action of glacierss – include:

  • Earth:Arête – Narrow ridge of rock which separates two valleys
  • Earth:Cirque – An amphitheatre-like valley formed by glacial erosion
  • Earth:Col – Lowest point on a mountain ridge between two peaks
  • Earth:Crevasse – A deep crack, or fracture, in an ice sheet or glacier
  • Corrie – An amphitheatre-like valley formed by glacial erosion or cwm
  • Cove (mountain) – Small valley in the Appalachian Mountains between two ridge lines
  • Earth:Dirt cone – Depositional glacial feature of ice or snow with an insulating layer of dirt
  • Earth:Esker – Long, winding ridge of stratified sand and gravel associated with former glaciers
  • Earth:Fjord
  • Earth:Fluvial terrace – Elongated terraces that flank the sides of floodplains and river valleys
  • Flyggberg – Isolated, steep rock hill on relatively flat terrain
  • Earth:Glacier
  • Earth:Glacier cave – Cave formed within the ice of a glacier
  • Earth:Glacier foreland – The region between the current leading edge of the glacier and the moraines of latest maximum
  • Earth:Hill
  • Earth:Inselberg, also known as monadnock – Isolated, steep rock hill on relatively flat terrain
  • Earth:Kame – Mound formed on a retreating glacier and deposited on land
  • Earth:Kame delta – Glacial melt water landform
  • Kettle – Depression or hole in an outwash plain formed by retreating glaciers or draining floodwaters
  • Earth:Moraine – Glacially formed accumulation of debris
    • Earth:Rogen moraine, also known as Ribbed moraines – Landform of ridges deposited by a glacier or ice sheet transverse to ice flow
  • Moulin – Shaft within a glacier or ice sheet which water enters from the surface
  • Earth:Mountain – Large natural elevation of the Earth's surface
  • Earth:Mountain pass – Route through a mountain range or over a ridge
  • Earth:Mountain range – Geographic area containing several geologically related mountains
  • Earth:Nunatak – Landform within an ice field or glacier
  • Earth:Proglacial lake – Lake formed by the action of ice
  • Earth:Pyramidal peak, also known as Glacial horn – Angular, sharply pointed mountainous peak
  • Earth:Outwash fan – Type of sediment deposition by a melting glacier
  • Earth:Outwash plain – Plain formed from glacier sediment transported by meltwater
  • Earth:Rift valley – Linear lowland created by a tectonic rift or fault
  • Earth:Rôche moutonnée
  • Sandur – Plain formed from glacier sediment transported by meltwater
  • Earth:Side valley – Valley with a tributary to a larger river
  • Earth:Summit – Point on a surface with a higher elevation than all immediately adjacent points
  • Earth:Trim line – Clear line on the side of a valley marking the most recent highest extent of the glacier
  • Earth:Truncated spur – Ridge that descends towards a valley floor or coastline that is cut short
  • Earth:Tunnel valley – Glacial-formed geographic feature
  • Earth:Valley – Low area between hills, often with a river running through it
  • Earth:U-shaped valley – Valleys formed by glacial scouring

Slope landforms

Slope landforms include:

  • Bluff – Tall, near vertical rock face
  • Earth:Butte – Isolated hill with steep, often vertical sides and a small, relatively flat top
  • Earth:Cliff – Tall, near vertical rock face
  • Earth:Col – Lowest point on a mountain ridge between two peaks
  • Earth:Cuesta – Hill or ridge with a gentle slope on one side and a steep slope on the other
  • Dale – Low area between hills, often with a river running through it
  • Defile – Narrow pass or gorge between mountains or hills
  • Dell – Small secluded hollow
  • Place:Doab, also known as Interfluve – Land between two converging, or confluent, rivers, mainly in the Punjab
  • Draw – Terrain feature formed by two parallel ridges or spurs with low ground in between
  • Earth:Escarpment, also known as scarp – Steep slope or cliff separating two relatively level regions
  • Earth:Flat (landform) – Relatively level surface of land within a region of greater relief
  • Earth:Glen
  • Earth:Gully – Landform created by running water and/or mass movement eroding sharply into soil
  • Earth:Hill
  • Earth:Hillock, also known as Knoll – Small hill
  • Earth:Mesa – Elevated area of land with a flat top and sides
  • Earth:Mountain pass – Route through a mountain range or over a ridge
  • Earth:Plain – Expanse of land that is mostly flat and treeless
  • Earth:Plateau – Highland area, usually of relatively flat terrain
  • Earth:Ravine
  • Earth:Ridge – Long, narrow, elevated landform
  • Earth:Rock shelter – A shallow cave-like opening at the base of a bluff or cliff
  • Earth:Scree – Broken rock fragments at base of cliff
  • Earth:Solifluction lobes and sheets
  • Earth:Strath – Large valley
  • Earth:Summit – Point on a surface with a higher elevation than all immediately adjacent points
  • Terrace – A step-like landform
  • Earth:Terracette – Small natural step-arranged soil ridges on hillsides
  • Vale
  • Earth:Valley – Low area between hills, often with a river running through it

Tectonic landforms

Landforms created by tectonic activity include:

Volcanic landforms

Volcanic landforms include:

Weathering landforms

Weathering landforms include:

  • Earth:Flared slope – Rock-wall with a smooth transition into a concavity at the foot zone
  • Flute
  • Earth:Inselberg – Isolated, steep rock hill on relatively flat terrain
  • Earth:Karst – Topography from dissolved soluble rocks
  • Nubbin – Small hill of bedrock with rounded residual blocks
  • Earth:Panhole – Depression or basin eroded into flat or gently sloping cohesive rock (Weathering pit)
  • Earth:Tafoni – Small to large indentations in vertical to steeply sloping granular rock
  • Tor – Large, free-standing rock outcrop on a gentle hill summit

Landforms by shape

Positive landforms

Depressions

  • Earth:Caldera – Cauldron-like volcanic feature formed by the emptying of a magma chamber
  • Earth:Cave – Natural underground space large enough for a human to enter
  • Earth:Cirque – An amphitheatre-like valley formed by glacial erosion
  • Earth:Crevasse – A deep crack, or fracture, in an ice sheet or glacier
  • Doline – Depression or hole in the ground caused by collapse of the surface into an existing void space
  • Earth:Graben – Depressed block of planetary crust bordered by parallel normal faults
  • Astronomy:Impact crater – Circular depression in a solid astronomical body formed by the impact of a smaller object
  • Joint valley
  • Kettle – Depression or hole in an outwash plain formed by retreating glaciers or draining floodwaters
  • Earth:Lagoon
  • Earth:Lake – Large body of relatively still water
  • Earth:Lava lake – Molten lava contained in a volcanic crater
  • Earth:Maar – Low-relief volcanic crater
  • Nivation hollow
  • Earth:Oxbow lake – U-shaped lake or pool left by an ancient river meander
  • Earth:Panhole – Depression or basin eroded into flat or gently sloping cohesive rock
  • Earth:Plunge pool – Depression at the base of a waterfall
  • Earth:Pond – Relatively small body of standing water
  • Earth:Pull-apart basin – Type of basin in geology
  • Earth:Quarry – A place from which a geological material has been excavated from the ground
  • Rift – Part of a volcano where a set of linear cracks form
  • Earth:Sea cave – Cave formed by the wave action of the sea and located along present or former coastlines
  • Earth:Sinkhole – Depression or hole in the ground caused by collapse of the surface into an existing void space
  • Earth:Tafoni – Small to large indentations in vertical to steeply sloping granular rock
  • Earth:Thermokarst
  • Earth:Volcanic crater – Roughly circular depression in the ground caused by volcanic activity
  • Earth:Volcanic dam – Natural dam produced directly or indirectly by volcanism

Flat landforms

Landforms, alphabetic

  • Earth:Abîme – Geographical term referring to vertical shaft in caves
  • Earth:Abyssal fan – Underwater geological structures associated with large-scale sediment deposition
  • Earth:Abyssal plain – Flat area on the deep ocean floor
  • Earth:Ait
  • Earth:Alluvial fan – Fan-shaped deposit of sediment
  • Earth:Anabranch – A section of a river or stream that diverts from the main channel and rejoins it downstream.
  • Arch – Arch-shaped natural rock formation
  • Earth:Archipelago – Collection of islands
  • Earth:Arête – Narrow ridge of rock which separates two valleys
  • Arroyo
  • Earth:Atoll – Ring-shaped coral reef
  • Earth:Badlands
  • Bar – Natural submerged sandbank that rises from a body of water to near the surface
  • Barrier bar – Natural submerged sandbank that rises from a body of water to near the surface
  • Earth:Barrier island – Coastal dune landform that forms by wave and tidal action parallel to the mainland coast
  • Earth:Bay
  • Earth:Baymouth bar – Sandbank that partially or completely closes access to a bay
  • Earth:Bayou – Body of water in flat, low-lying areas
  • Earth:Beach
  • Earth:Beach cusps – Shoreline formations made up of various grades of sediment in an arc pattern
  • Earth:Beach ridge – Wave-swept or wave-deposited ridge running parallel to a shoreline
  • Bench – Long, relatively narrow land bounded by distinctly steeper slopes above and below
  • Bight – Shallowly concave bend or curve in a coastline, river, or other geographical feature
  • Blowhole – Hole at the top of a sea-cave which allows waves to force water or spray out of the hole
  • Blowout – Depressions in a sand dune ecosystem caused by the removal of sediments by wind
  • Bluff – Tall, near vertical rock face
  • Braided channel – Network of river channels separated by small, and often temporary, islands
  • Earth:Butte – Isolated hill with steep, often vertical sides and a small, relatively flat top
  • Earth:Calanque – Narrow, steep-walled inlet on the Mediterranean coast
  • Earth:Caldera – Cauldron-like volcanic feature formed by the emptying of a magma chamber
  • Earth:Canyon
  • Cape – Large headland extending into a body of water, usually the sea
  • Earth:Cave – Natural underground space large enough for a human to enter
  • Channel – Type of landform in which part of a body of water is confined to a relatively narrow but long region
  • Earth:Cirque – An amphitheatre-like valley formed by glacial erosion
  • Corrie – An amphitheatre-like valley formed by glacial erosion or cwm
  • Earth:Cliff – Tall, near vertical rock face
  • Earth:Coast
  • Earth:Col – Lowest point on a mountain ridge between two peaks
  • Astronomy:Complex crater – Large impact craters with uplifted centres
  • Earth:Complex volcano – Landform of more than one related volcanic centre
  • Earth:Confluence
  • Earth:Continental shelf – Coastal and oceanic landform
  • Earth:Coral reef – Outcrop of rock in the sea formed by the growth and deposit of stony coral skeletons
  • Earth:Cove
  • Cove (mountain) – Small valley in the Appalachian Mountains between two ridge lines
  • Earth:Crevasse splay – Sediment deposited on a floodplain by a stream which breaks its levees
  • Earth:Crevasse – A deep crack, or fracture, in an ice sheet or glacier
  • Astronomy:Cryovolcano – Type of volcano that erupts volatiles such as water, ammonia or methane, instead of molten rock
  • Earth:Cuesta – Hill or ridge with a gentle slope on one side and a steep slope on the other
  • Earth:Cuspate foreland – Geographical features found on coastlines and lakeshores
  • Earth:Cut bank – Outside bank of a water channel, which is continually undergoing erosion
  • Dale – Low area between hills, often with a river running through it
  • Defile – Narrow pass or gorge between mountains or hills
  • Dell – Small secluded hollow
  • Earth:Desert pavement – Type of desert earth surface
  • Earth:Diatreme – A volcanic pipe formed by a gaseous explosion
  • Dike – A sheet of rock that is formed in a fracture of a pre-existing rock body
  • Earth:Dirt cone – Depositional glacial feature of ice or snow with an insulating layer of dirt
  • Earth:Dissected plateau – Plateaus area that has been severely eroded so that the relief is sharp
  • Place:Doab – Land between two converging, or confluent, rivers, mainly in the Punjab
  • Doline – Depression or hole in the ground caused by collapse of the surface into an existing void space
  • Dome – Geological deformation structure
  • Earth:Drainage basin – Land area where water converges to a common outlet
  • Earth:Drainage divide – Elevated terrain that separates neighbouring drainage basins
  • Draw – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Dreikanter – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Drumlin – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Dry lake – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Dune – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Dune system – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Endorheic basin – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Erg – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Escarpment – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". (scarp)
  • Earth:Esker – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Estuary – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Exhumed river channel – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Faceted spur – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Fault scarp – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Firth – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Fjard – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Fjord – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Flat – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Flatiron – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Floodplain – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Fluvial island – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Fluvial terrace – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Foiba – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Geo – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Geyser – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Glacial horn – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Glacier cave – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Glacier foreland – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Glacier – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Glen – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Gorge – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Graben – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Gulf – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Gully – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Guyot – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Headland – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Hill – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Hogback – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Homoclinal ridge – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Hoodoo – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Horst – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Astronomy:Impact crater – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Inlet – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Interfluve – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Astronomy:Inverted relief – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Island – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Islet – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Kame delta – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Kame – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Karst – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Karst valley – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Kettle – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Kīpuka – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Knoll – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Lacustrine plain – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Lagoon – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Lake – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Lava dome – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Lava – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Lava lake – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Lava field, also known as lava plain – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Lava spine – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Lava tube – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Lavaka – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Levee – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24"., natural
  • Earth:Limestone pavement – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Loess – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Lacustrine terraces – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Maar – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Machair – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Malpaís – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Mamelon – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Marine terrace – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Marsh – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Meander – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Mesa – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Mid-ocean ridge – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Mogote – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Monadnock – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Moraine – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Moulin – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Mountain – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Mountain pass – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Mountain range – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Mud volcano – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Mushroom rock – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Natural arch – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Nunatak – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Oasis – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Oceanic basin – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Oceanic plateau – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Oceanic trench – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Outwash fan – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Outwash plain – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Oxbow lake – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Pediment – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Pediplain – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Peneplain – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Peninsula – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Pingo – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Pit crater – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Plain – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Plateau – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Plunge pool – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Point bar – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Polje – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Pond – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Potrero – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Proglacial lake – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Pull-apart basin – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Quarry – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Raised beach – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Ravine – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Ria – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Ridge – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Riffle – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Rift valley – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:River – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:River island – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Rôche moutonnée – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Rogen moraine – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Rock formations – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Rock shelter – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Rock-cut basin – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Salt marsh – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Salt pan – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". (salt flat)
  • Earth:Sand boil, also known as sand volcano – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Biology:Sandhill – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Sandur – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Scree – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Sea cave – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Seamount – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Shield volcano – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Shoal – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Shore – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Shut-in – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Side valley – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Sinkhole – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Sound – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Spit – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Stack – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". and stump
  • Earth:Strait – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Strandflat – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Strath – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Stratovolcano – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Stream pool – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Stream – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Strike ridge – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Structural bench – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Structural terrace – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Subglacial mound – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Submarine canyon – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Submarine volcano – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Summit – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Supervolcano – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Surge channel – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Swamp – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Tepui – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Terrace – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Terracette – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Tessellated pavement – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Thalweg – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Tidal marsh – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Tide pool – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Tombolo – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Tor – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Tower karst – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Towhead – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Trim line – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Truncated spur – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Tunnel valley – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Turlough – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Tuya – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:U-shaped valley – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Uvala – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Vale – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Valley – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Ventifact – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Volcanic arc – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Volcanic cone – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Volcanic crater – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Volcanic crater lake – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Volcanic dam – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Volcanic field – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Volcanic group – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Volcanic island – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Volcanic plateau – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Volcanic plug – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Volcano – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Wadi – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Waterfall – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Watershed – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Wave-cut platform – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Wetland – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Yardang – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".

Further reading

Hargitai H., Kereszturi Á. (eds): Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms. Springer. https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-1-4614-3134-3

See also

  • Physics:Geomorphology – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Ocean – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Sea – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".

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Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".



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