List of landforms

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Landforms are categorised by characteristic physical attributes such as elevation, slope, orientation, stratification, rock exposure, and soil type.

Contents 1 Landform by process 1.1 Aeolian landforms 1.2 Coastal and oceanic landforms 1.3 Erosion landforms 1.4 Fluvial landforms 1.5 Mountain and glacial landforms 1.6 Slope landforms 1.7 Volcanic landforms 2 References

[edit] Landform by process

Landforms organized by the processes that create them.

[edit] Aeolian landforms

Aeolian landforms are formed by the wind and include:

Barchan Blowout Desert pavement Desert varnish Dune Dreikanter

Erg Loess Playa Sandhill Ventifact Yardang

[edit] Coastal and oceanic landforms

Coastal and oceanic landforms include:

abyssal fan abyssal plain archipelago atoll arch ayre barrier bar & barrier island bay & gulf beach & raised beach beach cusps beach ridge bight blowhole channel cape cliff coast continental shelf

coral reef cove cuspate foreland dune system estuary firth fjord headland inlet island, islet isthmus lagoon machair Mid-ocean ridge ocean oceanic basin oceanic plateau oceanic trench

peninsula ria river delta salt marsh sea sea cave shoal sound spit strait stack & stump submarine canyon surge channel tombolo volcanic arc wave cut platform

[edit] Erosion landforms

Landforms produced by erosion and weathering usually occur in coastal or fluvial environments, and many appear under those headings as well.

butte canyon cave cliff cuesta dissected plateau eolianite erg gulch gully hogback hoodoo

lavaka limestone pavement malpais mesa natural arch pediment peneplain potrero ridge rock formations tea table tepui valley

[edit] Fluvial landforms

Fluvial landforms include:

ait alluvial fan anabranch arroyo drainage basin bar bayou beach braided channel Carolina Bay cave cliff drainage basin endorheic basin

exhumed river channel gully island lacustrine plain lake natural levee marsh meander oasis oxbow lake peneplain playa pond natural pool

proglacial lake rapid riffle river rock-cut basin shoal spring stream stream terrace swamp valley and vale wadi waterfall watershed

[edit] Mountain and glacial landforms

Mountain and glacial landforms include:

arête cirque crevasse corrie or cwm dirt cone drumlin & drumlin field esker fjord glacial horn glacier glacier cave glacier foreland

hanging valley hill inselberg kame kame delta kettle monadnock moraine and ribbed moraines moulin (geology) mountain & mountain range nunatak outwash fan and outwash plain

pingo rift valley sandur side valley stream terrace summit trim line tunnel valley valley U-shaped valley

[edit] Slope landforms

Slope landforms include:

alas bluff butte cliff cuesta dale defile dell escarpment (scarp) glen gully hill knoll

mesa mountain pass plain plateau ravine ridge rock shelter scree strath terrace & terracettes vale valley valley shoulder

[edit] Volcanic landforms

Volcanic landforms include:

caldera crater lake geyser lava dome lava flow & lava plain lava lake lava spine lava tube maar malpais mamelon mid-ocean ridge oceanic trench

pit crater pseudocrater subglacial mound tuya vent volcanic cone volcanic craters (not impact craters) volcanic dam volcanic field volcanic group volcanic island volcanic plateau volcanic plug volcano, complex volcano, shield volcano, mud volcano, composite volcano, stratovolcano & supervolcano)

[edit] References