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This conical hill in Salar de Arizaro, Salta, Argentina called Cono de Arita constitutes a landform.
A landform is a natural or anthropogenic[1][2] 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, mountains, canyons, and valleys, as well as shoreline features such as bays, peninsulas, and seas,[3] including submerged features such as mid-ocean ridges, volcanoes, and the great ocean basins.
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...
orientation, rock exposure, and soil type. Landforms organized by the processes that create them. Aeolian landform – Landforms produced by action of the winds include:...
A peninsula is a landform that extends from a mainland and is surrounded by water on most sides. Peninsulas exist on all continents. The largest peninsula...
Shoals can appear as a coastal landform in the sea, where they are classified as a type of ocean bank, or as fluvial landforms in rivers, streams, and lakes...
A continent is any of several large geographical regions. Continents are generally identified by convention rather than any strict criteria. A continent...
The Danxia landform (Chinese: 丹霞地貌; pinyin: dānxiá dìmào) refers to various landscapes found in southeast, southwest and northwest China that "consist...
Landforms related to rivers and other watercourses include: Channel (geography) – Type of landform in which part of a body of water is confined to a relatively...
Glacial landforms are landforms created by the action of glaciers. Most of today's glacial landforms were created by the movement of large ice sheets during...
"Local-Scale geomorphology – process systems and landforms". Introducing Geomorphology: A Guide to Landforms and Processes. Dunedin Academic Press, 2012,...
A dune is a landform composed of wind- or water-driven sand. It typically takes the form of a mound, ridge, or hill. An area with dunes is called a dune...
amphitheatre-like valley formed by glacial erosion. Alternative names for this landform are corrie (from Scottish Gaelic: coire, meaning a pot or cauldron) and...
They typically have a U-shaped cross-section and are characteristic landforms of mountain areas where glaciation has occurred or continues to take place...
summit. Arête – Narrow ridge of rock which separates two valleys Saddle (landform) Whittow, John (1984). Dictionary of Physical Geography. London: Penguin...
Aeolian landforms are produced by either the erosive or depositive action of wind. These features may be built up from sand or snow, or eroded into rock...
and gases (mainly steam and magmatic gases) can develop anywhere on the landform and may give rise to smaller cones such as Puʻu ʻŌʻō on a flank of Kīlauea...
drawing an upper limit on its applicability. The World Landforms website says, "An islet landform is generally considered to be a rock or small island that...
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