Landform A landform is a natural or anthropogenic land feature on the solid surface of the Earth or other planetary body. Landforms together make up a given terrain, and their arrangement in the landscape is known as topography. Landforms include hills, ...

s are categorized by characteristic physical attributes such as their creating process, shape, elevation, slope, orientation, rock exposure, and soil type.

Landforms by process

Landforms organized by the processes that create them.

Aeolian landforms

s are formed by the wind and include: * * * *

Coastal and oceanic landforms

Coastal and oceanic landforms include: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *, and stump * * * * * * * *

Cryogenic landforms

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Erosion landforms

Landforms produced by

erosion Erosion is the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust, and then transports it to another location where it is deposited. Erosion is d ...

and

weathering Weathering is the deterioration of rocks, soils and minerals as well as wood and artificial materials through contact with water, atmospheric gases, and biological organisms. Weathering occurs '' in situ'' (on site, with little or no movement ...

usually occur in coastal or fluvial environments, and many also appear under those headings. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Paleoplain - A buried erosion plain; a particularly large and flat erosion surface * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Fluvial landforms

landforms include: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Impact landforms

Landforms created by – include: * * * * * * *

Lacustrine landforms

Lacustrine – associated with lakes – landforms include: * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Mountain and glacial landforms

Mountain and – include: * formed by glacial movement * * * * or cwm * * * and * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Slope landforms

Slope landforms include: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Tectonic landforms

Landforms created by tectonic activity include: * * * * * * * * * * * *

Volcanic landforms

Volcanic landforms include: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Weathering landforms

Weathering landforms include: * * * * * * * * * (Weathering pit) * *

Landforms by shape

Positive landforms

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Depressions

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Flat landforms

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Paleoplain - A buried erosion plain; a particularly large and flat erosion surface * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Landforms, alphabetic

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * or cwm * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * (scarp) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *, natural * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Paleoplain - A buried erosion plain; a particularly large and flat erosion surface * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * (salt flat) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * and stump * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *