What is Landform?
[[File:Cono de Arita, Salta. (Argentina).jpg|thumb|270px|Cono de Arita, a landform in [[Salta]] ([[Argentina]])]] [[File:Yeager-Rock-Erractic-PB110039.JPG|thumb|270px|A ''[[glacier|glacial]] erratic'', Waterville Plateau, [[Washington]].]] A '''landform''' is a word that describes a form of [[land]]. Each type of landform is defined by its size, shape, location, and what it is made of. The scientific study of landform is called [[geomorphology]]. == List of landforms == ===Slope landforms=== *[[Alas (geography)|alas]] *[[bluff]] *[[cliff]] *[[cuesta]] *[[Valley|dale]] *[[Glen|dell]] *[[escarpment]] (scarp) *[[glen]] *[[gully]] *[[hill]] *[[knoll]] *[[mountain]] *[[plain]] *[[plateau]] *[[ravine]] *[[ridge]] *[[rock shelter]] *[[:wikt:terrace|terrace]] & [[terracette]]s *[[vale]] *[[valley]] *[[valley shoulder]] ===Coastal and oceanic landforms=== *[[abyssal fan]] *[[abyssal plain]] *[[Natural arch|arch]] *[[archipelago]] *[[atoll]] *[[confluence]] *[[barrier island]] *[[bay|bay & gulf]] *[[baymouth bar]] *[[headwaters]] *[[beach]] & [[raised beach]] *[[beach ridge]] *[[Bight (geography)|bight]] *[[boondock]] *[[headland|cape]] *[[cave]] *[[cliff]] *[[coast]] *[[coral reef]] *[[cove]] *[[river delta|delta]] *[[dune|dune system]] *[[estuary]] *[[fjord]] *[[headland]] *[[isthmus]] *[[island]], [[islet]], [[island arc]], [[archipelago]] & [[atoll]] *[[lagoon]] *[[machair]] *[[meadow]] *[[notch]] *[[ocean]] *[[Mid-ocean ridge|Ocean ridge]] & [[oceanic trench]] *[[peninsula]] *[[ria]] *[[salt marsh]] *[[sea]] *[[shoal]] *[[Sound (geography)|sound]] *[[spit (landform)|spit]] *[[stack (geology)|stack]] & [[stump]] *[[tombolo]] *cut landform *Wave cut platform ===Fluvial landforms=== Landforms that are related to flowing water. *[[ait]] *[[anabranch]] *[[Arroyo (creek)|arroyo]] *[[bar (landform)|bar]] *[[bayou]] *[[Carolina Bay]] *[[drainage basin|basin]] *[[beach]] *[[cave]] *[[cliff]] *[[gully]] *[[island]] *[[lake]] *[[levee]] *[[marsh]] *[[meander]] *[[oasis]] *[[ox-bow lake]] *[[pond]] *[[swimming pool|pool