Landforms
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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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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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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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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
[edit | edit source]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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[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Anthropogenic Geomorphology. 2010. doi:10.1007/978-90-481-3058-0. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-90-481-3058-0.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Wikipedia: Landform
- ↑ Dan Polansky (30 June 2008). feature. San Francisco, California: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/feature. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- ↑ 24 (23 July 2005). land. San Francisco, California: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/land. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ↑ Poccil (20 October 2004). landscape. San Francisco, California: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/landscape. Retrieved 2013-11-09.
- ↑ 24.28.13.175 (12 September 2007). landform. San Francisco, California: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/landform. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
- ↑ SemperBlotto (4 November 2006). landform. San Francisco, California: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/landform. Retrieved 2018-04-04.