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Rivers of the Blue Mountains (New South Wales) (13 P) Rivers of the Boundary Ranges (2 C, 30 P) D. Rivers of the Dinaric Alps (4 C, 3 P) E. Rivers of the Eifel (47 P) H.
Landscape painting, also known as landscape art, is the depiction in painting of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, rivers, trees, and forests, especially where the main subject is a wide view—with its elements arranged into a coherent composition. In other works, landscape backgrounds for figures can still form an important part of ...
The headwaters of a river are the smaller streams that feed a river, and make up the river's source. [4] These streams may be small and flow rapidly down the sides of mountains. [5] All of the land uphill of a river that feeds it with water in this way is in that river's drainage basin or watershed. [4]
Shan shui (Chinese: 山 水; pinyin: shān shuǐ; lit. 'mountain-water'; pronounced [ʂán ʂwèɪ]) refers to a style of traditional Chinese painting that involves or depicts scenery or natural landscapes, using a brush and ink rather than more conventional paints. Mountains, rivers and waterfalls are common subjects of shan shui paintings.
Usually, a river or stream carves out such splits between mountains. Examples of mountain-type canyons are Provo Canyon in Utah or Yosemite Valley in California's Sierra Nevada. Canyons within mountains, or gorges that have an opening on only one side, are called box canyons. Slot canyons are very narrow canyons that often have smooth walls.
An illustration of the resolution bumping technique of shaded relief, Bitterroot Mountains and Salmon River, Montana/Idaho. Left: 200 m resolution shaded relief, middle: shaded relief after 7000 m smoothing filter, right: 65%/35% mix. The original image looks uniformly rugged, while the one on the right emphasizes the larger mountains and canyons.
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