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:
- continental dunes
Coastal and oceanic landforms
Coastal and oceanic landforms include:
, and stump
Cryogenic landforms Landforms produced by or in low-temperatures include:
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
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 Positive landforms
Depressions
Flat landforms
Paleoplain - A buried erosion plain; a particularly large and flat erosion surface
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
Glossary of geology Types of bodies of water Volcanic landforms in the Canary Islands – list of examples in the Canary Islands (with photos)