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Encyclopedia > List of landforms

A landform comprises a geomorphological unit. Oceans and continents exemplify highest-order landforms.


A number of factors, ranging from plate tectonics to erosion and deposition can generate and affect landforms. Biological factors can also influence landforms -- see for example the role of plants in the development of dune systems and salt marshes, and the work of corals and algae in the formation of coral reefs.

Contents
1 See also
2 List of landforms

2.1 Slope landforms
2.2 Coastal and oceanic landforms
2.3 Fluvial landforms
2.4 Mountain and glacial landforms
2.5 Volcanic landforms
2.6 Erosion landforms

See also

List of landforms

Slope landforms

Coastal and oceanic landforms

Fluvial landforms

Mountain and glacial landforms

Volcanic landforms

Erosion landforms

Landforms produced by erosion and weathering usually occur in coastal or fluvial environments, and many appear above under those headings. Some other erosion landforms that do not fall into the above categories include:

  • Deposition landform -- landforms produced by deposition of load or sediment (usually coastal or fluvial).
  • Eolian landform - landforms produced by wind weathering.

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A landform comprises a geomorphological unit, and is largely defined by its surface form and location in the landscape, as part of the terrain, and as such, is typically an element of topography.
Landform elements are parts of a high-order landform that can be further identified, such as hill-top, shoulder, backslope.
Elementary landforms (segments, facets, relief units) are the smallest homogeneous divisions of the land surface, at the given scale/resolution.
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