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 Landforms by process
- 1.1 Aeolian landforms
- 1.2 Coastal and oceanic landforms
- 1.3 Cryogenic landforms
- 1.4 Erosion landforms
- 1.5 Fluvial landforms
- 1.6 Impact landforms
- 1.7 Karst landforms
- 1.8 Lacustrine landforms
- 1.9 Mountain and glacial landforms
- 1.10 Slope landforms
- 1.11 Tectonic landforms
- 1.12 Volcanic landforms
- 1.13 Weathering landforms
- 2 Landforms by shape
- 3 Landforms, alphabetic
- 4 See also
Landforms 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]
Coastal and oceanic landforms include:
Cryogenic landforms[edit]
Erosion landforms[edit]
Landforms produced by erosion and weathering usually occur in coastal or fluvial environments, and many also appear under those headings.
Fluvial landforms[edit]
Fluvial landforms include:
Impact landforms[edit]
Landforms created by extraterrestrial impacts include:
- Central peak
- Complex crater
- Cratered landscape
- Ejecta blanket
- Impact crater
- Simple crater
Karst landforms[edit]
Karst landforms include:
Lacustrine landforms[edit]
Lacustrine landforms include:
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Mountain and glacial landforms[edit]
Mountain and glacial landforms include:
Slope landforms[edit]
Slope landforms include:
Tectonic landforms[edit]
Landforms created by tectonic activity include:
Volcanic landforms[edit]
Volcanic landforms include:
Weathering landforms[edit]
Weathering landforms include:
Landforms by shape[edit]
Positive landforms[edit]
- Bornhardt
- Cinder cone
- Cryptodome
- Dome
- Drumlin
- Granite dome
- Hillock
- Inselberg
- Lava dome
- Lava spine
- Mesa
- Mogote
- Nubbin
- Tor
- Tower karst
- Tuya
- Palsa
- Pingo
- Pyroclastic shield
- Resurgent dome
- Seamount
- Shield volcano
- Stratocone
- Stratovolcano
- Volcanic cone
- Volcanic island
Depressions[edit]
- Caldera
- Cave
- Cenote
- Cirque
- Crevasse
- Doline
- Graben
- Honeycomb weathering
- Impact crater
- Kettle
- Lagoon
- Lake
- Lava lake
- Maar
- Nivation hollow
- Oxbow lake
- Panhole
- Plunge pool
- Pond
- Pull-apart basin
- Quarry
- Sea cave
- Sinkhole
- Tafoni
- Thermokarst
- Volcanic crater
- Volcanic dam
Flat landforms[edit]
- Abyssal fan
- Abyssal plain
- Bench
- Butte
- Continental shelf
- Cryoplanation terrace
- Dissected plateau
- Etchplain
- Floodplain
- Fluvial terrace
- Inselberg plain
- Lacustrine terrace
- Lava plain
- Marine terrace
- Oceanic basin
- Oceanic plateau
- Outwash fan
- Outwash plain
- Paleoplain
- Pediplain
- Peneplain
- Plain
- Planation surface
- Plateau
- Polje
- River delta
- Salt marsh
- Salt pan
- Sandur
- Strandflat
- Strath
- Swamp
- Table
- Tidal marsh
- Tepuy
- Volcanic plateau
- Wave-cut platform