glossary of landforms

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Landforms are categorized by characteristic physical attributes such as their creating process, shape, elevation, slope, orientation, rock exposure, and soil type.

Landforms by process

Landforms organized by the processes that create them.

=Aeolian landforms=

{{annotated link|Aeolian landform}}s include:

  • {{annotated link|Dry lake}}
  • {{annotated link|Sandhill}}
  • {{annotated link|Ventifact}}
  • {{annotated link|Yardang}}

=Coastal and oceanic landforms=

{{Further|Coastal geography|Physical oceanography}}

{{See also|List of submarine topographical features}}

Coastal and oceanic landforms include:

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  • {{annotated link|Abyssal fan}}
  • {{annotated link|Abyssal plain}}
  • {{annotated link|Archipelago}}
  • {{annotated link|Atoll}}
  • {{annotated link|Natural arch|Arch}}
  • {{annotated link|Ayre (landform)|Ayre}}
  • {{annotated link|Barrier bar}}
  • {{annotated link|Barrier island}}
  • {{annotated link|Bay}}
  • {{annotated link|Baymouth bar}}
  • {{annotated link|Beach}}
  • {{annotated link|Raised beach}}
  • {{annotated link|Beach cusps}}
  • {{annotated link|Beach ridge}}
  • {{annotated link|Bight (geography)|Bight}}
  • {{annotated link|Blowhole (geology)|Blowhole}}
  • {{annotated link|Channel (geography)|Channel}}
  • {{annotated link|Cape (geography)|Cape}}
  • {{annotated link|Calanque}}
  • {{annotated link|Cliff}}
  • {{annotated link|Coast}}
  • {{annotated link|Continental shelf}}
  • {{annotated link|Coral reef}}
  • {{annotated link|Cove}}
  • {{annotated link|Cuspate foreland}}
  • {{annotated link|Dune|Dune system}}
  • {{annotated link|Estuary}}
  • {{annotated link|Firth}}
  • {{annotated link|Fjard}}
  • {{annotated link|Fjord}}
  • {{annotated link|Geo (landform)|Geo}}
  • {{annotated link|Gulf}}
  • {{annotated link|List of gulfs}}
  • {{annotated link|Headland}}
  • {{annotated link|Inlet}}
  • {{annotated link|Island}}
  • {{annotated link|Islet}}
  • {{annotated link|Isthmus}}
  • {{annotated link|Lagoon}}
  • {{annotated link|Machair}}
  • {{annotated link|Marine terrace}}
  • {{annotated link|Mid-ocean ridge}}
  • {{annotated link|Oceanic basin}}
  • {{annotated link|Oceanic plateau}}
  • {{annotated link|Oceanic ridge}}
  • {{annotated link|Oceanic trench}}
  • {{annotated link|Peninsula}}
  • {{annotated link|Ria}}
  • {{annotated link|River delta}}
  • {{annotated link|Salt marsh}}
  • {{annotated link|Sea cave}}
  • {{annotated link|Seamount}}
  • {{annotated link|Seamount chains}}
  • {{annotated link|Shoal}}
  • {{annotated link|Shore}}
  • {{annotated link|Sound (geography)|Sound}}
  • {{annotated link|Spit (landform)|Spit}}
  • {{annotated link|Strait}}
  • {{annotated link|Strandflat}}
  • {{annotated link|Stack (geology)|Stack}}, and stump
  • {{annotated link|Submarine canyon}}
  • {{annotated link|Surge channel}}
  • {{annotated link|Tessellated pavement}}
  • {{annotated link|Tidal marsh}}
  • {{annotated link|Tide pool}}
  • {{annotated link|Tombolo}}
  • {{annotated link|Volcanic arc}}
  • {{annotated link|Wave-cut platform}}

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=Cryogenic landforms=

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  • {{annotated link|Blockfield}}
  • {{annotated link|Cryoplanation|Cryoplanation terrace}}
  • {{annotated link|Pounus|Earth hummocks}}
  • {{annotated link|Kurum (landform)|Kurum}}
  • {{annotated link|Lithalsa}}
  • {{annotated link|Nivation|Nivation hollow}}
  • {{annotated link|Palsa}}
  • {{annotated link|Palsa#Permafrost_plateau|Permafrost plateau}}
  • {{annotated link|Pingo}}
  • {{annotated link|Rock glacier}}
  • {{annotated link|Solifluction lobes and sheets}}
  • {{annotated link|Thermokarst}}

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=Erosion landforms=

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

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  • {{annotated link|Arête}}
  • {{annotated link|Badlands}}
  • {{annotated link|Bornhardt}}
  • {{annotated link|Butte}}
  • {{annotated link|Canyon}}
  • {{annotated link|Cave}}
  • {{annotated link|Cirque}}
  • {{annotated link|Cliff}}
  • Chink, regional term in Central Asia for steep chalk and limestone escarpments and cliffs of height up to 350m, often around flat-top elevations
  • {{annotated link|Cryoplanation|Cryoplanation terrace}}
  • {{annotated link|Cuesta}}
  • {{annotated link|Dissected plateau}}
  • {{annotated link|Erg (landform)|Erg}}
  • {{annotated link|Etchplain}}
  • {{annotated link|Exhumed river channel}}
  • {{annotated link|Fjord}}
  • {{annotated link|Flared slope}}
  • {{annotated link|Flatiron (geomorphology)|Flatiron}}
  • {{annotated link|Gulch}}
  • {{annotated link|Gully}}
  • {{annotated link|Hogback (geology)|Hogback}}
  • {{annotated link|Hoodoo (geology)|Hoodoo}}
  • {{annotated link|Homoclinal ridge}}
  • {{annotated link|Inselberg|aka=Monadnock}}
  • {{annotated link|Inverted relief}}
  • {{annotated link|Lavaka}}
  • {{annotated link|Limestone pavement}}
  • {{annotated link|Mesa}}
  • {{annotated link|Mushroom rock}}
  • {{annotated link|Natural arch}}
  • Paleoplain - A buried erosion plain; a particularly large and flat erosion surface
  • {{annotated link|Pediment (geology)|Pediment}}
  • {{annotated link|Pediplain}}
  • {{annotated link|Peneplain}}
  • {{annotated link|Planation surface}}
  • {{annotated link|Potrero (landform)|Potrero}}
  • {{annotated link|Ridge}}
  • {{annotated link|Rôche moutonnée}}
  • {{annotated link|List of rock formations}}
  • {{annotated link|Homoclinal ridge|Strike ridge}}
  • {{annotated link|Bench (geology)|Structural bench}}
  • {{annotated link|Terrace (geology)|Structural terrace}}
  • {{annotated link|Tepui}}
  • {{annotated link|Tessellated pavement}}
  • {{annotated link|Truncated spur}}
  • {{annotated link|Tor (rock formation)|Tor}}
  • {{annotated link|Valley}}
  • {{annotated link|Wave-cut platform}}
  • {{annotated link|Wind gap}}

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=Fluvial landforms=

{{main list|List of fluvial landforms}}

{{annotated link|Fluvial}} landforms include:

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  • {{annotated link|Ait}}
  • {{annotated link|Alluvial fan}}
  • {{annotated link|Anabranch}}
  • {{annotated link|Arroyo (watercourse)|Arroyo}}
  • {{annotated link|Asymmetric valley}}
  • {{annotated link|Backswamp}}
  • {{annotated link|Bajada (geography)|Bajada}}
  • {{annotated link|Shoal|Bar}}
  • {{annotated link|Bayou}}
  • {{annotated link|Bench (geology)|Bench}}
  • {{annotated link|Braided river|Braided channel}}
  • {{annotated link|Canyon}}
  • {{annotated link|Cave}}
  • {{annotated link|Cliff}}
  • {{annotated link|Cut bank}}
  • {{annotated link|Crevasse splay}}
  • {{annotated link|Confluence}}
  • {{annotated link|Drainage basin}}
  • {{annotated link|Drainage divide}}
  • {{annotated link|Endorheic basin}}
  • {{annotated link|Entrenched meander}}
  • {{annotated link|Epigenetic valley}}
  • {{annotated link|Esker}}
  • {{annotated link|Exhumed river channel}}
  • {{annotated link|Floodplain}}
  • {{annotated link|River island|Fluvial island}}
  • {{annotated link|Fluvial terrace}}
  • {{annotated link|Canyon|Gorge}}
  • {{annotated link|Gully}}
  • {{annotated link|Levee}}
  • {{annotated link|Marsh}}
  • {{annotated link|Meander}}
  • {{annotated link|Misfit stream}}
  • {{annotated link|Narrows}}
  • {{annotated link|Oxbow lake}}
  • {{annotated link|Point bar}}
  • {{annotated link|Plunge pool}}
  • {{annotated link|Pothole (landform)|Pothole}}
  • {{annotated link|Rapids}}
  • {{annotated link|Riffle}}
  • {{annotated link|River}}
  • {{annotated link|River delta}}
  • {{annotated link|River island}}
  • {{annotated link|Rock-cut basin}}
  • {{annotated link|Shut-in (river)|Shut-in}}
  • {{annotated link|Thalweg}}
  • {{annotated link|River island|Towhead}}
  • {{annotated link|Shoal}}
  • {{annotated link|Spring (hydrosphere)|Spring}}
  • {{annotated link|Strath}}
  • {{annotated link|Stream}}
  • {{annotated link|Stream pool}}
  • {{annotated link|Swamp}}
  • {{annotated link|Valley}}
  • {{annotated link|Valley#Vales|Vale}}
  • {{annotated link|Wadi}}
  • {{annotated link|Waterfall}}
  • {{annotated link|Drainage basin|Watershed}}
  • {{annotated link|Yazoo stream}}
  • {{annotated link|V-shaped valley}}

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=Impact landforms=

Landforms created by {{annotated link|Impact event|extraterrestrial impacts}} – include:

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  • {{annotated link|Central peak}}
  • {{annotated link|Complex crater}}
  • {{annotated link|Cratered landscape}}
  • {{annotated link|Ejecta blanket}}
  • {{annotated link|Impact crater}}
  • {{annotated link|Impact crater lake}}
  • {{annotated link|Simple crater}}

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=Lacustrine landforms=

Lacustrine – associated with lakes – landforms include:

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  • {{annotated link|Beach}}
  • {{annotated link|Raised beach}}
  • {{annotated link|Carolina bay}}
  • {{annotated link|Dry lake}}
  • {{annotated link|Chott}}
  • {{annotated link|Endorheic basin}}
  • {{annotated link|Lacustrine plain}}
  • {{annotated link|Terrace (geology)|Lacustrine terraces}}
  • {{annotated link|Lake}}
  • {{annotated link|Oasis}}
  • {{annotated link|Oxbow lake}}
  • {{annotated link|Glen Roy|Parallel Roads of Glen Roy}}
  • {{annotated link|Pond}}
  • {{annotated link|Proglacial lake}}
  • {{annotated link|Salt pan (geology)|Salt pan|aka=salt flat}}

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=Mountain and glacial landforms=

Mountain and {{annotated link|glacial landform}} – include:

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  • {{annotated link|Arête}} formed by glacial movement
  • {{annotated link|Cirque}}
  • {{annotated link|Col}}
  • {{annotated link|Crevasse}}
  • {{annotated link|Cirque|Corrie}} or cwm
  • {{annotated link|Cove (Appalachian Mountains)|Cove (mountain)}}
  • {{annotated link|Dirt cone}}
  • {{annotated link|Drumlin}} and {{annotated link|drumlin field}}
  • {{annotated link|Esker}}
  • {{annotated link|Fjord}}
  • {{annotated link|Fluvial terrace}}
  • {{annotated link|Inselberg|Flyggberg}}
  • {{annotated link|Glacier}}
  • {{annotated link|Glacier cave}}
  • {{annotated link|Glacier foreland}}
  • {{annotated link|Hanging valley}}
  • {{annotated link|Highland}}
  • {{annotated link|Hill}}
  • {{annotated link|Inselberg|aka=monadnock}}
  • {{annotated link|Kame}}
  • {{annotated link|Kame delta}}
  • {{annotated link|Kettle (landform)|Kettle}}
  • {{annotated link|Moraine}}
  • {{annotated link|Rogen moraine|aka=Ribbed moraines}}
  • {{annotated link|Moulin (geomorphology)|Moulin}}
  • {{annotated link|Mountain}}
  • {{annotated link|Mountain pass}}
  • {{annotated link|Mountain range}}
  • {{annotated link|Nunatak}}
  • {{annotated link|Proglacial lake}}
  • {{annotated link|Pyramidal peak|aka=Glacial horn}}
  • {{annotated link|Outwash fan}}
  • {{annotated link|Outwash plain}}
  • {{annotated link|Rift valley}}
  • {{annotated link|Rôche moutonnée}}
  • {{annotated link|Outwash plain|Sandur}}
  • {{annotated link|Side valley}}
  • {{annotated link|Summit}}
  • {{annotated link|Trim line}}
  • {{annotated link|Truncated spur}}
  • {{annotated link|Tunnel valley}}
  • {{annotated link|Valley}}
  • {{annotated link|U-shaped valley}}

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=Slope landforms=

Slope landforms include:

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  • {{annotated link|Cliff|Bluff}}
  • {{annotated link|Butte}}
  • {{annotated link|Canyon}}
  • {{annotated link|Cliff}}
  • {{annotated link|Col}}
  • {{annotated link|Cuesta}}
  • {{annotated link|Valley|Dale}}
  • {{annotated link|Defile (geography)|Defile}}
  • {{annotated link|Dell (landform)|Dell}}
  • {{annotated link|Doab|aka=Interfluve}}
  • {{annotated link|Draw (terrain)|Draw}}
  • {{annotated link|Escarpment|aka=scarp}}
  • {{annotated link|Flat (landform)}}
  • {{annotated link|Glen}}
  • {{annotated link|Gully}}
  • {{annotated link|Hill}}
  • {{annotated link|Hillock|aka=Knoll}}
  • {{annotated link|Mesa}}
  • {{annotated link|Mountain pass}}
  • {{annotated link|Plain}}
  • {{annotated link|Plateau}}
  • {{annotated link|Ravine}}
  • {{annotated link|Ridge}}
  • {{annotated link|Rock shelter}}
  • {{annotated link|Saddle (landform)|Saddle}}
  • {{annotated link|Scree}}
  • {{annotated link|Solifluction lobes and sheets}}
  • {{annotated link|Strath}}
  • {{annotated link|Summit}}
  • {{annotated link|Terrace (geology)|Terrace}}
  • {{annotated link|Terracette}}
  • {{annotated link|River valley|Vale}}
  • {{annotated link|Valley}}
  • {{annotated link|Valley shoulder}}

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=Tectonic landforms=

Landforms created by tectonic activity include:

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  • {{annotated link|Asymmetric valley}}
  • {{annotated link|Dome (geology)|Dome}}
  • {{annotated link|Truncated spur|Faceted spur}}
  • {{annotated link|Fault scarp}}
  • {{annotated link|Graben}}
  • {{annotated link|Horst (geology)|Horst}}
  • {{annotated link|Mid-ocean ridge}}
  • {{annotated link|Mud volcano}}
  • {{annotated link|Oceanic trench}}
  • {{annotated link|Pull-apart basin}}
  • {{annotated link|Rift valley}}
  • {{annotated link|Sand boil}}

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=Volcanic landforms=

Volcanic landforms include:

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  • {{annotated link|Caldera}}
  • {{annotated link|Cinder cone}}
  • {{annotated link|Complex volcano}}
  • {{annotated link|Lava dome#Cryptodomes|Cryptodome}}
  • {{annotated link|Cryovolcano}}
  • {{annotated link|Diatreme}}
  • {{annotated link|Dike (geology)|Dike}}
  • {{annotated link|Fissure vent}}
  • {{annotated link|Geyser}}
  • {{annotated link|Guyot}}
  • {{annotated link|Hornito}}
  • {{annotated link|Kīpuka}}
  • {{annotated link|Lava}}
  • {{annotated link|Lava dome}}
  • {{annotated link|Lava dome#Lava coulées|Lava coulee}}
  • {{annotated link|Lava field|aka=lava plain}}
  • {{annotated link|Lava lake}}
  • {{annotated link|Lava spine}}
  • {{annotated link|Lava tube}}
  • {{annotated link|Maar}}
  • {{annotated link|Malpaís (landform)|Malpais}}
  • {{annotated link|Mamelon (volcanology)|Mamelon}}
  • {{annotated link|Mid-ocean ridge}}
  • {{annotated link|Pit crater}}
  • {{annotated link|Pyroclastic shield}}
  • {{annotated link|Resurgent dome}}
  • {{annotated link|Rootless cone|aka=pseudocrater}}
  • {{annotated link|Seamount}}
  • {{annotated link|Shield volcano}}
  • {{annotated link|Stratovolcano}}
  • {{annotated link|Somma volcano}}
  • {{annotated link|Volcanic cone#Spatter cone|Spatter cone}}
  • {{annotated link|Volcanic crater lake}}
  • {{annotated link|Subglacial mound}}
  • {{annotated link|Submarine volcano}}
  • {{annotated link|Supervolcano}}
  • {{annotated link|Volcanic cone#Tuff cones (ash cones)|Tuff cone}}
  • {{annotated link|Tuya}}
  • {{annotated link|Volcanic vent}}
  • {{annotated link|Volcanic cone}}
  • {{annotated link|Volcanic crater}}
  • {{annotated link|Volcanic dam}}
  • {{annotated link|Volcanic field}}
  • {{annotated link|Volcanic group}}
  • {{annotated link|Volcanic island}}
  • {{annotated link|Volcanic plateau}}
  • {{annotated link|Volcanic plug}}
  • {{annotated link|Volcano}}

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=Weathering landforms=

Weathering landforms include:

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  • {{annotated link|Bornhardt}}
  • {{annotated link|Etchplain}}
  • {{annotated link|Flared slope}}
  • {{annotated link|Fluting (geology)|Flute}}
  • {{annotated link|Honeycomb weathering}}
  • {{annotated link|Inselberg}}
  • {{annotated link|Karst}}
  • {{annotated link|Nubbin (landform)|Nubbin}}
  • {{annotated link|Panhole}} (Weathering pit)
  • {{annotated link|Tafoni}}
  • {{annotated link|Tor (rock formation)|Tor}}

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Landforms by shape

=Positive landforms=

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  • {{annotated link|Bornhardt}}
  • {{annotated link|Cinder cone}}
  • {{annotated link|Cryptodome}}
  • {{annotated link|Dome (geology)|Dome}}
  • {{annotated link|Drumlin}}
  • {{annotated link|Granite dome}}
  • {{annotated link|Hillock}}
  • {{annotated link|Inselberg}}
  • {{annotated link|Lava dome}}
  • {{annotated link|Lava spine}}
  • {{annotated link|Mesa}}
  • {{annotated link|Mogote}}
  • {{annotated link|Nubbin (landform)|Nubbin}}
  • {{annotated link|Palsa}}
  • {{annotated link|Pingo}}
  • {{annotated link|Pyroclastic shield}}
  • {{annotated link|Resurgent dome}}
  • {{annotated link|Seamount}}
  • {{annotated link|Shield volcano}}
  • {{annotated link|Stratocone}}
  • {{annotated link|Stratovolcano}}
  • {{annotated link|Tor (rock formation)|Tor}}
  • {{annotated link|Tower karst}}
  • {{annotated link|Tuya}}
  • {{annotated link|Volcanic cone}}
  • {{annotated link|Volcanic island}}

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=Depressions=

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  • {{annotated link|Caldera}}
  • {{annotated link|Cave}}
  • {{annotated link|Cenote}}
  • {{annotated link|Cirque}}
  • {{annotated link|Crevasse}}
  • {{annotated link|Deflation hollow}}
  • {{annotated link|Sinkhole|Doline}}
  • {{annotated link|Gnamma}}
  • {{annotated link|Graben}}
  • {{annotated link|Honeycomb weathering}}
  • {{annotated link|Impact crater}}
  • {{annotated link|Joint valley landscape|Joint valley}}
  • {{annotated link|Kettle (landform)|Kettle}}
  • {{annotated link|Lagoon}}
  • {{annotated link|Lake}}
  • {{annotated link|Lava lake}}
  • {{annotated link|Maar}}
  • {{annotated link|Nivation|Nivation hollow}}
  • {{annotated link|Oxbow lake}}
  • {{annotated link|Panhole}}
  • {{annotated link|Pothole (landform)|Pothole}}
  • {{annotated link|Plunge pool}}
  • {{annotated link|Pond}}
  • {{annotated link|Pull-apart basin}}
  • {{annotated link|Quarry}}
  • {{annotated link|Rift zone|Rift}}
  • {{annotated link|Sea cave}}
  • {{annotated link|Sinkhole}}
  • {{annotated link|Sor (geomorphology)|Sor}}
  • {{annotated link|Tafoni}}
  • {{annotated link|Thermokarst}}
  • {{annotated link|Volcanic crater}}
  • {{annotated link|Volcanic dam}}

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=Flat landforms=

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  • {{annotated link|Abyssal fan}}
  • {{annotated link|Abyssal plain}}
  • {{annotated link|Bench (geology)|Bench}}
  • {{annotated link|Butte}}
  • {{annotated link|Coastal plain}}
  • {{annotated link|Continental shelf}}
  • {{annotated link|Cryoplanation|Cryoplanation terrace}}
  • {{annotated link|Dissected plateau}}
  • {{annotated link|Etchplain}}
  • {{annotated link|Floodplain}}
  • {{annotated link|Fluvial terrace}}
  • {{annotated link|Inselberg|Inselberg plain}}
  • {{annotated link|Terrace (geology)|Lacustrine terrace}}
  • {{annotated link|Lava field|aka=lava plain}}
  • {{annotated link|Oceanic basin}}
  • {{annotated link|Oceanic plateau}}
  • {{annotated link|Outwash fan}}
  • {{annotated link|Outwash plain}}
  • Paleoplain - A buried erosion plain; a particularly large and flat erosion surface
  • {{annotated link|Pediplain}}
  • {{annotated link|Peneplain}}
  • {{annotated link|Plain}}
  • {{annotated link|Planation surface}}
  • {{annotated link|Plateau}}
  • {{annotated link|Polje}}
  • {{annotated link|Raised beach|aka=Marine terrace}}
  • {{annotated link|River delta}}
  • {{annotated link|Salt marsh}}
  • {{annotated link|Salt pan (geology)|Salt pan}}
  • {{annotated link|Outwash plain|Sandur}}
  • {{annotated link|Strandflat}}
  • {{annotated link|Strath}}
  • {{annotated link|Swamp}}
  • {{annotated link|Table (landform)|Table}}
  • {{annotated link|Tidal marsh}}
  • {{annotated link|Tepui}}
  • {{annotated link|Volcanic plateau}}
  • {{annotated link|Wave-cut platform}}

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Landforms, alphabetic

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  • {{annotated link|Abîme}}
  • {{annotated link|Abyssal fan}}
  • {{annotated link|Abyssal plain}}
  • {{annotated link|Ait}}
  • {{annotated link|Alluvial fan}}
  • {{annotated link|Anabranch}}
  • {{annotated link|Natural arch|Arch}}
  • {{annotated link|Archipelago}}
  • {{annotated link|Arête}}
  • {{annotated link|Arroyo (watercourse)|Arroyo}}
  • {{annotated link|Atoll}}
  • {{annotated link|Ayre (landform)|Ayre}}
  • {{annotated link|Badlands}}
  • {{annotated link|Bajada (geography)|Bajada}}
  • {{annotated link|Shoal|Bar}}
  • {{annotated link|Barchan}}
  • {{annotated link|Shoal|Barrier bar}}
  • {{annotated link|Barrier island}}
  • {{annotated link|Bay}}
  • {{annotated link|Baymouth bar}}
  • {{annotated link|Bayou}}
  • {{annotated link|Beach}}
  • {{annotated link|Beach cusps}}
  • {{annotated link|Beach ridge}}
  • {{annotated link|Bench (geology)|Bench}}
  • {{annotated link|Bight (geography)|Bight}}
  • {{annotated link|Blowhole (geology)|Blowhole}}
  • {{annotated link|Blowout (geomorphology)|Blowout}}
  • {{annotated link|Cliff|Bluff}}
  • {{annotated link|Bornhardt}}
  • {{annotated link|Braided river|Braided channel}}
  • {{annotated link|Butte}}
  • {{annotated link|Calanque}}
  • {{annotated link|Caldera}}
  • {{annotated link|Canyon}}
  • {{annotated link|Cape (geography)|Cape}}
  • {{annotated link|Carolina bay}}
  • {{annotated link|Cave}}
  • {{annotated link|Cenote}}
  • {{annotated link|Channel (geography)|Channel}}
  • {{annotated link|Cirque}}
  • {{annotated link|Cirque|Corrie}} or cwm
  • {{annotated link|Cliff}}
  • {{annotated link|Coast}}
  • {{annotated link|Coastal plain}}
  • {{annotated link|Col}}
  • {{annotated link|Complex crater}}
  • {{annotated link|Complex volcano}}
  • {{annotated link|Confluence}}
  • {{annotated link|Continental shelf}}
  • {{annotated link|Coral reef}}
  • {{annotated link|Cove}}
  • {{annotated link|Cove (Appalachian Mountains)|Cove (mountain)}}
  • {{annotated link|Crater}}
  • {{annotated link|Crevasse splay}}
  • {{annotated link|Crevasse}}
  • {{annotated link|Cryovolcano}}
  • {{annotated link|Cuesta}}
  • {{annotated link|Cuspate foreland}}
  • {{annotated link|Cut bank}}
  • {{annotated link|Valley|Dale}}
  • {{annotated link|Defile (geography)|Defile}}
  • {{annotated link|Dell (landform)|Dell}}
  • {{annotated link|Depression (geology)|Depression}}
  • {{annotated link|River delta|Delta, River}}
  • {{annotated link|Desert pavement}}
  • {{annotated link|Diatreme}}
  • {{annotated link|Dike (geology)|Dike}}
  • {{annotated link|Dirt cone}}
  • {{annotated link|Dissected plateau}}
  • {{annotated link|Doab}}
  • {{annotated link|Sinkhole|Doline}}
  • {{annotated link|Dome (geology)|Dome}}
  • {{annotated link|Drainage basin}}
  • {{annotated link|Drainage divide}}
  • {{annotated link|Draw (terrain)|Draw}}
  • {{annotated link|Drumlin}}
  • {{annotated link|Dry lake}}
  • {{annotated link|Dune}}
  • {{annotated link|Dune|Dune system}}
  • {{annotated link|Ejecta blanket}}
  • {{annotated link|Endorheic basin}}
  • {{annotated link|Erg (landform)|Erg}}
  • {{annotated link|Escarpment}} (scarp)
  • {{annotated link|Esker}}
  • {{annotated link|Estuary}}
  • {{annotated link|Exhumed river channel}}
  • {{annotated link|Truncated spur|Faceted spur}}
  • {{annotated link|Fault scarp}}
  • {{annotated link|Firth}}
  • {{annotated link|Fissure vent}}
  • {{annotated link|Fjard}}
  • {{annotated link|Fjord}}
  • {{annotated link|Flat (landform)|Flat}}
  • {{annotated link|Flatiron (geomorphology)|Flatiron}}
  • {{annotated link|Floodplain}}
  • {{annotated link|Foothills}}
  • {{annotated link|River island|Fluvial island}}
  • {{annotated link|Fluvial terrace}}
  • {{annotated link|Foiba}}
  • {{annotated link|Geo (landform)|Geo}}
  • {{annotated link|Geyser}}
  • {{annotated link|Pyramidal peak|Glacial horn}}
  • {{annotated link|Glacier cave}}
  • {{annotated link|Glacier foreland}}
  • {{annotated link|Glacier}}
  • {{annotated link|Glen Roy|Parallel Roads of Glen Roy}}
  • {{annotated link|Glen}}
  • {{annotated link|Canyon|Gorge}}
  • {{annotated link|Graben}}
  • {{annotated link|Gulch}}
  • {{annotated link|List of gulfs|Gulf}}
  • {{annotated link|Gully}}
  • {{annotated link|Guyot}}
  • {{annotated link|Hanging valley}}
  • {{annotated link|Headland}}
  • {{annotated link|Highland}}
  • {{annotated link|Hill}}
  • {{annotated link|Hillock}}
  • {{annotated link|Hogback (geology)|Hogback}}
  • {{annotated link|Homoclinal ridge}}
  • {{annotated link|Hoodoo (geology)|Hoodoo}}
  • {{annotated link|Horst (geology)|Horst}}
  • {{annotated link|Impact crater}}
  • {{annotated link|Inlet}}
  • {{annotated link|Doab|Interfluve}}
  • {{annotated link|Inverted relief}}
  • {{annotated link|Island}}
  • {{annotated link|Islet}}
  • {{annotated link|Isthmus}}
  • {{annotated link|Kame delta}}
  • {{annotated link|Kame}}
  • {{annotated link|Karst}}
  • {{annotated link|Karst fenster}}
  • {{annotated link|Karst|Karst valley}}
  • {{annotated link|Kettle (landform)|Kettle}}
  • {{annotated link|Kīpuka}}
  • {{annotated link|Hillock|Knoll}}
  • {{annotated link|Lacustrine plain}}
  • {{annotated link|Lagoon}}
  • {{annotated link|Lake}}
  • {{annotated link|Lava dome}}
  • {{annotated link|Lava}}
  • {{annotated link|Lava lake}}
  • {{annotated link|Lava field|aka=lava plain}}
  • {{annotated link|Lava spine}}
  • {{annotated link|Lava tube}}
  • {{annotated link|Lavaka}}
  • {{annotated link|Levee}}, natural
  • {{annotated link|Limestone pavement}}
  • {{annotated link|Loess}}
  • {{annotated link|Terrace (geology)|Lacustrine terraces}}
  • {{annotated link|Maar}}
  • {{annotated link|Machair}}
  • {{annotated link|Malpaís (landform)|Malpaís}}
  • {{annotated link|Mamelon (volcanology)|Mamelon}}
  • {{annotated link|Raised beach|Marine terrace}}
  • {{annotated link|Marsh}}
  • {{annotated link|Massif}}
  • {{annotated link|Meander}}
  • {{annotated link|Mesa}}
  • {{annotated link|Mid-ocean ridge}}
  • {{annotated link|Mogote}}
  • {{annotated link|Inselberg|Monadnock}}
  • {{annotated link|Moraine}}
  • {{annotated link|Moulin (geomorphology)|Moulin}}
  • {{annotated link|Mountain}}
  • {{annotated link|Mountain pass}}
  • {{annotated link|Mountain range}}
  • {{annotated link|Mud volcano}}
  • {{annotated link|Mushroom rock}}
  • {{annotated link|Natural arch}}
  • {{annotated link|Nunatak}}
  • {{annotated link|Oasis}}
  • {{annotated link|Oceanic basin}}
  • {{annotated link|Oceanic plateau}}
  • {{annotated link|Oceanic ridge}}
  • {{annotated link|Oceanic trench}}
  • {{annotated link|Outwash fan}}
  • {{annotated link|Outwash plain}}
  • {{annotated link|Oxbow lake}}
  • Paleoplain - A buried erosion plain; a particularly large and flat erosion surface
  • {{annotated link|Panhole}}
  • {{annotated link|Pediment (geology)|Pediment}}
  • {{annotated link|Pediplain}}
  • {{annotated link|Peneplain}}
  • {{annotated link|Peninsula}}
  • {{annotated link|Pingo}}
  • {{annotated link|Pit crater}}
  • {{annotated link|Plain}}
  • {{annotated link|Plateau}}
  • {{annotated link|Playa lake}}
  • {{annotated link|Plunge pool}}
  • {{annotated link|Point bar}}
  • {{annotated link|Polje}}
  • {{annotated link|Pond}}
  • {{annotated link|Pothole (landform)|Pothole}}
  • {{annotated link|Potrero (landform)|Potrero}}
  • {{annotated link|Proglacial lake}}
  • {{annotated link|Pseudocrater}}
  • {{annotated link|Pull-apart basin}}
  • {{annotated link|Quarry}}
  • {{annotated link|Raised beach}}
  • {{annotated link|Rapids}}
  • {{annotated link|Ravine}}
  • {{annotated link|Ria}}
  • {{annotated link|Ridge}}
  • {{annotated link|Riffle}}
  • {{annotated link|Rift valley}}
  • {{annotated link|River}}
  • {{annotated link|River delta}}
  • {{annotated link|River island}}
  • {{annotated link|Rôche moutonnée}}
  • {{annotated link|Rogen moraine|ake=Ribbed moraines}}
  • {{annotated link|List of rock formations|Rock formations}}
  • {{annotated link|Rock shelter}}
  • {{annotated link|Rock-cut basin}}
  • {{annotated link|Saddle (landform)|Saddle}}
  • {{annotated link|Salt marsh}}
  • {{annotated link|Salt pan (geology)|Salt pan}} (salt flat)
  • {{annotated link|Sand boil|aka=sand volcano}}
  • {{annotated link|Sandhill}}
  • {{annotated link|Outwash plain|Sandur}}
  • {{annotated link|Scowle}}
  • {{annotated link|Scree}}
  • {{annotated link|Sea cave}}
  • {{annotated link|Seamount}}
  • {{annotated link|Shield volcano}}
  • {{annotated link|Shoal}}
  • {{annotated link|Shore}}
  • {{annotated link|Shut-in (river)|Shut-in}}
  • {{annotated link|Side valley}}
  • {{annotated link|Sinkhole}}
  • {{annotated link|Sound (geography)|Sound}}
  • {{annotated link|Spit (landform)|Spit}}
  • {{annotated link|Spring (hydrosphere)|Spring}}
  • {{annotated link|Stack (geology)|Stack}} and stump
  • {{annotated link|Strait}}
  • {{annotated link|Strandflat}}
  • {{annotated link|Strath}}
  • {{annotated link|Stratovolcano}}
  • {{annotated link|Stream pool}}
  • {{annotated link|Stream}}
  • {{annotated link|Homoclinal ridge|Strike ridge}}
  • {{annotated link|Bench (geology)|Structural bench}}
  • {{annotated link|Terrace (geology)|Structural terrace}}
  • {{annotated link|Subglacial mound}}
  • {{annotated link|Submarine canyon}}
  • {{annotated link|Submarine volcano}}
  • {{annotated link|Summit}}
  • {{annotated link|Supervolcano}}
  • {{annotated link|Surge channel}}
  • {{annotated link|Swamp}}
  • {{annotated link|Tepui}}
  • {{annotated link|Terrace (geology)|Terrace}}
  • {{annotated link|Terracette}}
  • {{annotated link|Tessellated pavement}}
  • {{annotated link|Thalweg}}
  • {{annotated link|Tidal marsh}}
  • {{annotated link|Tide pool}}
  • {{annotated link|Tombolo}}
  • {{annotated link|Tor (rock formation)|Tor}}
  • {{annotated link|Karst|Tower karst}}
  • {{annotated link|River island|Towhead}}
  • {{annotated link|Trim line}}
  • {{annotated link|Truncated spur}}
  • {{annotated link|Tunnel valley}}
  • {{annotated link|Turlough (lake)|Turlough}}
  • {{annotated link|Tuya}}
  • {{annotated link|U-shaped valley}}
  • {{annotated link|Uvala (landform)|Uvala}}
  • {{annotated link|River valley|Vale}}
  • {{annotated link|Valley}}
  • {{annotated link|Valley shoulder}}
  • {{annotated link|Ventifact}}
  • {{annotated link|Volcanic arc}}
  • {{annotated link|Volcanic cone}}
  • {{annotated link|Volcanic crater}}
  • {{annotated link|Volcanic crater lake}}
  • {{annotated link|Volcanic dam}}
  • {{annotated link|Volcanic field}}
  • {{annotated link|Volcanic group}}
  • {{annotated link|High island|Volcanic island}}
  • {{annotated link|Volcanic plateau}}
  • {{annotated link|Volcanic plug}}
  • {{annotated link|Volcanic vent}}
  • {{annotated link|Volcano}}
  • {{annotated link|Wadi}}
  • {{annotated link|Waterfall}}
  • {{annotated link|Drainage basin|Watershed}}
  • {{annotated link|Wave-cut platform}}
  • {{annotated link|Wetland}}
  • {{annotated link|Yardang}}

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Further reading

Hargitai H., Kereszturi Á. (eds): Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms. Springer. https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-1-4614-3134-3

See also

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Landforms

Landforms