Landform
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A landform is a natural or anthropogenic
Physical characteristics
Landforms are categorized by characteristic physical attributes such as elevation, slope, orientation, structure
Hierarchy of classes
Order | Landforms |
---|---|
First | Continents and Oceans |
Second | Mountains, Plains, Plateaus |
Third | Valleys, Peaks, Waterfalls, Sand Dunes, Gokhur Lake, etc. |
Some generic landform elements including: pits, peaks, channels, ridges, passes, pools and plains.
Elementary landforms (segments, facets, relief units) are the smallest homogeneous divisions of the land surface, at the given scale/resolution. These are areas with relatively homogeneous
A number of factors, ranging from
Landforms do not include several man-made features, such as
The scientific study of landforms is known as geomorphology.
In
Recent developments
Landforms may be extracted from a
See also
- Geomorphology
- List of landforms
- Terrain
- Geomorphologist
- Beach erosion and accretion
- Beach evolution
- Beach nourishment
- Modern recession of beaches
- Raised beach
- Strand plain
- Coastal management, to prevent coastal erosion and creation of beach
- Coastal and oceanic landforms
- Coastal development hazards
- Coastal erosion
- Coastal geography
- Coastal engineering
- Coastal morphodynamics
- Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (CERF)
- Erosion
- Longshore drift
- Deposition (sediment)
- Coastal sediment supply
- Sand dune stabilization
- Submersion
References
- S2CID 251582329.
- ISBN 978-3-319-54331-4, retrieved 2022-08-12
- ^ "Landform". National Geographic. Archived from the original on 11 October 2023.
- ^ Room 1996, p. 75.
- ^ Robert A. MacMillan; David H. McNabb; R. Keith Jones (September 2000). "Conference paper: "Automated landform classification using DEMs"". Retrieved 2008-06-26.
Igstar, cxvellie (2017), Howard, Jeffrey (ed.), "Anthropogenic Landforms and Soil Parent Materials", Anthropogenic Soils, Progress in Soil Science, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 25–51, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-54331-4_3, ISBN 978-3-319-54331-4, retrieved 2022-08-12
Sources
- Room, Adrian (1996). An Alphabetical Guide to the Language of Name Studies. Lanham and London: The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810831698.
Further reading
- Hargitai Hetal. (2015) Classification and Characterization of Planetary Landforms. In: Hargitai H (ed) Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms. Springer. DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-3134-3 https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/bbm%3A978-1-4614-3134-3%2F1.pdf
- Page D (2015) The Geology of Planetary Landforms. In: Hargitai H (ed) Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms. Springer.