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    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...
    9 KB (1,092 words) - 00:23, 24 June 2024
  • orientation, rock exposure, and soil type. Landforms organized by the processes that create them. Aeolian landform – Landforms produced by action of the winds include:...
    28 KB (8,342 words) - 21:58, 2 September 2024
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    resembling a riding saddle or a mountain pass between two peaks forming a landform saddle. See the center image point '-C-' in the topographical map image...
    5 KB (548 words) - 08:46, 17 July 2024
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    Ridge (category Erosion landforms)
    A ridge is a long, narrow, elevated geomorphologic landform, structural feature, or a combination of both separated from the surrounding terrain by steep...
    11 KB (1,359 words) - 02:09, 30 August 2024
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    Plain (redirect from Plain (landform))
    coastal plains, and as plateaus or uplands. Plains are one of the major landforms on earth, being present on all continents and covering more than one-third...
    17 KB (1,639 words) - 17:44, 18 September 2024
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    observed to be more than 930 miles (1,500 km) long. Dunes are a dominant landform on Titan. Approximately 15-20% of the surface is covered by ergs with an...
    14 KB (1,618 words) - 16:20, 20 July 2024
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    Plateau (category Slope landforms)
    2017-08-26. Huggett 2011, p. 99, Plate Tectonics and Associated Structural Landforms. Huggett 2011, p. 124, Volcanoes, Impact Craters, Folds, and Faults...
    15 KB (1,921 words) - 08:46, 21 August 2024
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    shelf) and the islands on the shelf (continental islands), as they are structurally part of the continent. From this perspective, the edge of the continental...
    90 KB (8,858 words) - 22:57, 23 September 2024
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    Flatiron (geomorphology) (category Structural geology)
    Traditionally in geomorphology, a flatiron is a steeply sloping triangular landform created by the differential erosion of a steeply dipping, erosion-resistant...
    6 KB (676 words) - 15:18, 18 February 2024
  • Fluvioglacial landforms or glaciofluvial landforms are those that result from the associated erosion and deposition of sediments caused by glacial meltwater...
    36 KB (4,676 words) - 11:13, 11 February 2024
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    v t e Earth's landforms List of landforms Mountainous Butte Flat Hill Mountain range Plateau Ridge Tableland Valley Continental plain Ice sheet Plain...
    2 KB (174 words) - 10:51, 15 April 2024
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    In geology, a depression is a landform sunken or depressed below the surrounding area. Depressions form by various mechanisms. Erosion-related: Blowout:...
    6 KB (588 words) - 04:55, 22 October 2023
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    Butte (category Tables (landform))
    often vertical sides and a small, relatively flat top; buttes are smaller landforms than mesas, plateaus, and tablelands. The word butte comes from the French...
    7 KB (770 words) - 01:27, 21 June 2024
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    Equivalents of Karst Terms. UNESCO, Paris 1972. Sweeting (1973), Karst Landforms, selected glossary, compiled by K. Addison, Sweeting, M. M., London 1973...
    33 KB (4,432 words) - 23:40, 30 November 2023
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    A dome is a feature in structural geology where a circular part of the Earth's surface has been pushed upward, tilting the pre-existing layers of earth...
    12 KB (1,304 words) - 08:14, 22 April 2024
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    Bench (geology) (category Landforms)
    Emergent coastal landform Piedmonttreppen Strandflat – Type of landform found in high-latitude areas Terrace (geology) – A step-like landform Jackson, J.A...
    3 KB (278 words) - 16:31, 18 July 2024
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    Cuesta (category Structural geology)
    (geomorphology) – Steeply sloping triangular landform Cotton, CA (1952) Geomorphology An Introduction to the Study of Landforms. John Wiley and Sons, New York. 505...
    8 KB (956 words) - 18:51, 6 July 2024
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    Hogback (geology) (category Structural geology)
    Hog's Back of the North Downs in Surrey, England, which refers to the landform's resemblance in outline to the back of a hog. The term is also sometimes...
    9 KB (1,074 words) - 18:49, 17 August 2024
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    Valley (redirect from Hollow (landform))
    They typically have a U-shaped cross-section and are characteristic landforms of mountain areas where glaciation has occurred or continues to take place...
    30 KB (3,341 words) - 03:29, 20 September 2024
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    Erosion (redirect from Erosional landform)
    "Local-Scale geomorphology – process systems and landforms". Introducing Geomorphology: A Guide to Landforms and Processes. Dunedin Academic Press, 2012,...
    61 KB (6,892 words) - 22:13, 3 October 2024
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