Glossary of landforms explained

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

s include:

Coastal and oceanic landforms

See also: List of submarine topographical features. Coastal and oceanic landforms include:

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • , and stump

Erosion landforms

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

• • • • • • • • • Chink, regional term in Central Asia for steep chalk and limestone escarpments and cliffs of height up to 350m, often around flat-top elevations
                  • • • • • • • • • • • • • Paleoplain - A buried erosion plain; a particularly large and flat erosion surface

Fluvial landforms

See main article: List of fluvial landforms.

landforms include:

Impact landforms

Landforms created by – include:

Lacustrine landforms

Lacustrine – associated with lakes – landforms include:

Mountain and glacial landforms

Mountain and – include:

• formed by glacial movement
  • • • or cwm
    • and

Slope landforms

Slope landforms include:

Tectonic landforms

Landforms created by tectonic activity include:

Volcanic landforms

Volcanic landforms include:

Weathering landforms

Weathering landforms include:

• • • • • • • • • (Weathering pit)

Landforms by shape

Flat landforms

Landforms, alphabetic

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • or cwm
                                                                            • (scarp)
                                                                              • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • , natural
                                                                                                                                  • • • • • • Paleoplain - A buried erosion plain; a particularly large and flat erosion surface (salt flat)
                                • and stump

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

• • Types of bodies of water
• Glossary of geology