Glossary of landforms

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

Landforms by process

Landforms organized by the processes that create them.

Aeolian landforms are formed by the wind and include:

Coastal and oceanic landforms include:

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

Fluvial landforms include:

Landforms created by extraterrestrial impacts include:

Karst landforms include:

Lacustrine landforms include:

Mountain and glacial landforms include:

Slope landforms include:

Landforms created by tectonic activity include:

Volcanic landforms include:

Weathering landforms include:

v t e Earth's landforms
List of landforms
Mountainous	Butte Flat Hill Mountain range Plateau Ridge Tableland Valley
Continental plain	Ice sheet Plain Steppe Tundra
Fluvial	Alluvial fan Beach Canyon Cave Channel Cliff Floodplain Lake island Levee Meander Oasis Pond Rapids River delta mouth Strait Swamp Valley Waterfall
Glacial	Arête Cirque Esker Fjord Glacier Ice field Tunnel valley
Oceanic and coastal landforms	Atoll Bay Cape Channel Coast Continental shelf Coral reef Estuary Island Isthmus Lagoon Mid-ocean ridge Oceanic trench Peninsula Seamount Volcanic island
Volcanic	Caldera Geyser Guyot Lava dome Lava field Submarine volcano Volcanic crater Volcanic crater lake Volcanic dam Volcanic island Volcanic plateau Volcanic plug Volcano Wall rock
Aeolian	Desert Dry lake Dune Sandhill Tundra
Artificial	Artificial island Artificial reef Bridge Building Canal Dam Ditch Land reclamation Levee Polder Quarry Reservoir Road Tunnel
See also: Geographical feature