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Gully – Landform created by running water and/or mass movement eroding sharply into soil; Guyot – Isolated, flat-topped underwater volcano mountain; Hanging valley – A tributary valley that meets the main valley above the valley floor; Headland – Landform extending into a body of water, often with significant height and drop
Subsequent tags cause a more specific label to appear instead of the catch-all label. eruption last_eruption: The date of the last eruption if the landform is of volcanic origin. Other: topo The name of the topographic map that contains the landform Designation Any designation the landform has, such as a protected area. free_label_1 free_label ...
A landform is a natural or anthropogenic [1] [2] land feature on the solid surface of the Earth or other planetary body. Landforms together make up a given terrain , and their arrangement in the landscape is known as topography .
The United States contains varied landforms across its territory. These include: List of beaches in the United States; List of fjords of the United States; List of glaciers in the United States; List of islands of the United States; List of lakes of the United States; List of rivers of the United States
Landforms related to rivers and other watercourses include: Channel (geography) – Narrow body of water; Confluence – Meeting of two or more bodies of flowing water; Cut bank – Outside bank of a water channel, which is continually undergoing erosion; Crevasse splay – Sediment deposited on a floodplain by a stream which breaks its levees
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This category includes articles on specific landforms on all planets and similar objects. Landforms do not include geographic features, such as deserts, forests, grasslands, and impact craters. (For those, see Category:Geomorphology.) Compare to Category:Bodies of water and Category:Wetlands
Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. move to sidebar hide. Help ... Lists of landforms by country (185 C) B. Lists of beaches (2 C, 2 P)