List of landforms

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Landforms are categorised by characteristic physical attributes such as elevation, slope, orientation, stratification, rock exposure, and soil type.

Landform by process [edit]

Landforms organized by the processes that create them.

Aeolian landforms are formed by the wind and include:

Coastal and oceanic landforms include:

Coastal and oceanic landforms.

Landforms produced by erosion and weathering usually occur in coastal or fluvial environments, and many appear under those headings as well.

Fluvial landforms include:

Lacustrine landforms include:

Mountain and glacial landforms include:

Slope landforms include:

Volcanic landforms include:

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List of landforms

Mountainous landforms	Mountain Mountain range Plateau Hill Butte Valley

Continental plain	Plain Tundra Ice sheet

River landform	River River delta Lake Meander Waterfall Rapid River valley

Fluvial landforms	Alluvial fan Beach Canyon Channel Cave Cliff River delta Floodplain Levee Oasis Swamp Pond

Glacial landforms	Arête Cirque Esker Fjord Glacier Tunnel valley

Oceanic and coastal landforms	Atoll Bay Channels Coast Continental shelf Coral reef Estuary Lagoon Mid-ocean ridge Oceanic trench Peninsula Isthmus Island Seamount

Volcanic landforms	Volcano Caldera Crater Lake Geyser Mid-ocean ridge Lava field Lava plateau Volcanic crater Plug Wall rock Lava dome Submarine volcano (Guyot)

Aeolian landforms	Desert Tundra Dry lake Dune Sandhill

Artificial landforms	Building Bridge Canal (man-made channel) Dam Dike Artificial lake Polder Artificial island Artificial reef Tunnel Quarry Ditch Road Reclaimed land

see also Geographical feature