Landform
A landform comprises a geomorphological unit. The highest order landforms are oceans and continents. Landforms can be created by a number of factors, ranging from plate tectonics to erosion and deposition. They may also be influenced by biological factors, for example the role of plants in the development of dune systems and salt marshes and corals and algae in the formation of coral reefs.
See also: geomorphology, topography, physical geography, earth science.
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List of landforms
- alas
- continent
- limestone pavement
- ocean
- plain and plateau
Slope landforms
Coastal and Oceanic landforms
- arch
- barrier bar & barrier island
- bay & gulf
- beach
- boondock
- cape
- cave
- cliff
- coral reef
- cove
- delta
- dune system
- estuary
- fjord
- headland
- island, island arc, archipelago & atoll
- lagoon
- ocean
- Ocean Ridge & Ocean Trench
- peninsula
- raised beach
- ria
- salt marsh
- sea
- spit
- stack & stump
- tombolo
- wave cut platform
Fluvial landforms
- bar
- basin
- beach
- cave
- cliff
- confluence
- delta
- estuary
- flood plain
- gorge and canyon
- gully
- island
- lake
- levee
- marsh
- meander
- ox bow lake
- pool
- riffle
- river
- spring
- stream
- stream terrace
- swamp
- valley and vale
- waterfall
- watershed
Mountain & Glacial landforms
- arete
- cirque
- crevasse
- cwm
- dirt cone
- drumlin
- esker
- fjord
- glacial valley
- glacier
- kame
- kame delta
- kettle
- moraine, dump moraine, end moraine & latteral moraine
- mountain & mountain range
- outwash fan and outwash plain
- pingo
- stream terrace
- valley
Volcanic Landforms
- Caldera
- cinder cone
- Geyser
- lava dome
- lava flow & lava plain
- Ocean Ridge
- Ocean Trench
- Vent
- Volcanic Island
- Volcano, shield volcano & composite volcano (or stratovolcano)
