Landform
Natural or artificial land feature on the solid surface of the Earth or other planetary body.
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Land
Solid surface of Earth that is not permanently submerged in water.
Solid surface of Earth that is not permanently submerged in water.
Solid rock landforms are easier to demarcate than marshy or swampy boundaries, where there is no clear point at which the land ends and a body of water has begun.
Landscape
A landscape is the visible features of an area of land, its landforms, and how they integrate with natural or man-made features, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.
Body of water
Any significant accumulation of water on the surface of Earth or another planet.
Any significant accumulation of water on the surface of Earth or another planet.
A body of water does not have to be still or contained; rivers, streams, canals, and other geographical features where water moves from one place to another are also considered bodies of water.
Deposition (geology)
Deposition is the geological process in which sediments, soil and rocks are added to a landform or landmass.
Terrain
Terrain or relief (also topographical relief) involves the vertical and horizontal dimensions of land surface.
Terrain or relief (also topographical relief) involves the vertical and horizontal dimensions of land surface.
Land surface objects, or landforms, are definite physical objects (lines, points, areas) that differ from the surrounding objects.
Geomorphology
Scientific study of the origin and evolution of topographic and bathymetric features created by physical, chemical or biological processes operating at or near the Earth's surface.
Scientific study of the origin and evolution of topographic and bathymetric features created by physical, chemical or biological processes operating at or near the Earth's surface.
Geomorphologists seek to understand why landscapes look the way they do, to understand landform and terrain history and dynamics and to predict changes through a combination of field observations, physical experiments and numerical modeling.
Volcano
Rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.
Rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.
Vents that issue volcanic material (including lava and ash) and gases (mainly steam and magmatic gases) can develop anywhere on the landform and may give rise to smaller cones such as Puu Ōō on a flank of Kīlauea in Hawaii.
Peninsula
A peninsula is a landform that extends from a mainland and is surrounded by water on most, but not all of its borders.