Landform

A landform comprises a geomorphological unit. Landforms are categorised by characteristics such as elevation, slope, orientation, stratification, rock exposure, and soil type. Landforms by name include berms, mounds, hills, cliffs, valleys, and so forth. Oceans and continents exemplify highest-order landforms.

List of landforms

• alas
• continent
• limestone pavement
• plain and plateau
• rock formations

Slope landforms

• cliff
• cuesta
• dale
• dell
• escarpment
• glen
• gully
• hill
• mountain
• ridge
• rock shelter
• scarp
• terrace & terracettes
• vale
• valley
• watershed

Coastal and oceanic landforms

• arch
• barrier bar & barrier island
• bay & gulf
• beach & raised beach
• boondock
• cape
• cave
• cliff
• coast
• coral reef
• cove
• delta
• dune system
• estuary
• fjord
• headland
• island, islet, island arc, archipelago & atoll
• lagoon
• machair
• ocean
• Ocean ridge & oceanic trench
• peninsula
• ria
• salt marsh
• sea
• sound
• spit
• stack & stump
• tombolo
• wave cut platform

Fluvial landforms

• bar
• basin
• beach
• cave
• cliff
• confluence
• delta
• estuary
• flood plain
• gap
• gorge and canyon
• gully
• island
• lake
• levee
• marsh
• meander
• oasis
• ox-bow lake
• pool
• riffle
• river
• spring
• stream
• stream terrace
• swamp
• valley and vale
• waterfall
• watershed

Mountain and glacial landforms

• arête
• cirque
• crevasse
• cwm
• dirt cone
• drumlin
• drumlin field
• esker
• fjord
• glacial valley
• glacial horn
• glacier
• hanging valley
• kame
• kame delta
• kettle
• 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
• Oceanic trench
• Vent
• Volcanic island
• Volcano, shield volcano & composite volcano (or stratovolcano)

Erosion landforms

Landforms produced by erosion and weathering usually occur in coastal or fluvial environments, and many appear above under those headings. Some other erosion landforms that do not fall into the above categories include:

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• canyon
• cave
• limestone pavement
• tea table
• Deposition landform -- landforms produced by deposition of load or sediment (usually coastal or fluvial).
• Eolian landform - landforms produced by wind weathering.