Landforms

This conical hill in Salar de Arizaro, Salta Province, Argentina called Cono de Arita constitutes a landform. Credit: rodoluca88.{{free media}}

A landform is a natural or anthropogenic[1][2] land feature on the solid surface of the Earth or other planetary body.[3]

## Features

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Layer excavation in Augsburg, Inner Pfaffengässchen, is shown. Credit: Anja Mößbauer.{{free media}}

Def. the "cast or structure of anything, or of any part of a thing, as of a landscape, a picture, a treaty, or an essay; any marked peculiarity or characteristic"[4] is called a feature.

## Lands

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Present-day Earth topography and bathymetry at 15-minute horizontal resolution. Credit: Plumbago.{{free media}}

Def. the "part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water"[5] or an area of ground that is a part of the Earth's or other planetary body's solid surface is called land.

## Landscapes

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This is a landscape painting. Credit: Martin Johnson Heade.{{free media}}

Def. a "portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains"[6] is called a landscape.

## Theoretical landforms

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Def. each continuous surface of a landscape that is observable in its entirety and has consistence of form or regular change of form or any "geomorphological [geological][7] feature, such as a mountain or valley"[8] is called a landform.

## Resources

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* Continental shelves
* Geomorphology
* Glaciers
* Hydrogeomorphology
* Radiation astronomy/Craters
* Radiation astronomy/Visuals
* Rocks/Rocky objects

## See Also

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* Wikipedia:Landform

## References

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1. ↑ Anthropogenic Geomorphology. 2010. doi:10.1007/978-90-481-3058-0. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-90-481-3058-0.
2. ↑ Howard, Jeffrey (2017). Howard, Jeffrey. ed. Anthropogenic Landforms and Soil Parent Materials, In: Anthropogenic Soils. Progress in Soil Science. Cham: Springer International Publishing. pp. 25–51. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-54331-4_3. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54331-4_3. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
3. ↑ Wikipedia: Landform
4. ↑ Dan Polansky (30 June 2008). feature. San Francisco, California: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/feature. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
5. ↑ 24 (23 July 2005). land. San Francisco, California: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/land. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
6. ↑ Poccil (20 October 2004). landscape. San Francisco, California: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/landscape. Retrieved 2013-11-09.
7. ↑ 24.28.13.175 (12 September 2007). landform. San Francisco, California: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/landform. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
8. ↑ SemperBlotto (4 November 2006). landform. San Francisco, California: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/landform. Retrieved 2018-04-04.