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.
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Landform by process [edit]
Landforms organized by the processes that create them.
Aeolian landforms [edit]
Aeolian landforms are formed by the wind and include:
Coastal and oceanic landforms [edit]
Main article: Coastal geography
Coastal and oceanic landforms include:
Erosion landforms [edit]
Landforms produced by erosion and weathering usually occur in coastal or fluvial environments, and many appear under those headings as well.
Fluvial landforms [edit]
Fluvial landforms include:
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Lacustrine landforms [edit]
Lacustrine landforms include:
- Beach and raised beach
- Carolina bay
- Dry lake
- Endorheic basin
- Lacustrine plain
- Lacustrine terraces
- Lake
- Oasis
- Oxbow lake
- Parallel Roads of Glen Roy
- Playa lake
- Pond
- Proglacial lake
- Salt pan (salt flat)
Mountain and glacial landforms [edit]
Mountain and glacial landforms include:
Slope landforms [edit]
Slope landforms include:
Volcanic landforms [edit]
Volcanic landforms include:
See also [edit]
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