Describe a Place

Describe a Place

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Geology and Geography Terms

Aeolian landforms are formed by the wind and include:

Barchan
Blowout
Desert pavement
Desert varnish
Dune
Dreikanter

Erg
Loess
Dry lake
Sandhill
Ventifact
Yardang

Coastal and oceanic landforms include:

Coastal and oceanic landforms.

Abyssal fan
Abyssal plain
Archipelago
Atoll
Arch
Ayre
Barrier bar and barrier island
Bay
Baymouth bar
Beach and raised beach
Beach cusps
Beach ridge
Bight
Blowhole
Channel
Cape
Calanque
Cliff
Coast
Continental shelf
Coral reef

Cove
Cuspate foreland
Dune system
Estuary
Firth
Fjard
Fjord
Geo
Gulf
Headland
Inlet
Island, Islet
Isthmus
Lagoon
Machair
Marine terrace
Mid-ocean ridge
Ocean
Oceanic basin
Oceanic plateau
Oceanic ridge
Oceanic trench

Peninsula
Ria
River delta
Salt marsh
Sea
Sea cave
Seamount
Shoal
Shore
Sound
Spit
Strait
Strandflat
Stack, and stump
Submarine canyon
Surge channel
Tessellated pavement
Tidal marsh
Tide pool
Tombolo
Volcanic arc
Wave cut platform

Erosion landforms

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

Badlands
Bornhardt
Butte
Canyon
Cave
Cliff
Cuesta
Dissected plateau
Erg
Exhumed river channel
Flatiron
Gulch
Gully

Hogback
Hoodoo
Homoclinal ridge
Inverted relief
Lavaka
Limestone pavement
Monadnock
Mesa
Natural arch
Pediment
Pediplain
Peneplain
Potrero

Ridge
Roche moutonnée
Rock formations
Strike ridge
Structural bench
Structural terrace
Tea table
Tepui
Tessellated pavement
Truncated spur
Tor
Valley

Fluvial landforms

Fluvial landforms include:

Ait
Alluvial fan
Anabranch
Arroyo and (wash)
backswamp
Bar
Bayou
Bench
Braided channel
Cave
Cliff
Cutbank
Crevasse splay
Confluence
Drainage basin
Drainage divide
Endorheic basin

Esker
Exhumed river channel
Floodplain
Fluvial island
Fluvial terrace
Gorge and canyon
Gully
Natural levee
Marsh
Meander
Oxbow lake
Point bar
Plunge pool
Rapid
Riffle
River
River delta

River island
Rock-cut basin
Shut-in
Thalweg
Towhead
Shoal
Spring
Stream
Stream pool
Swamp
Valley and Vale
Wadi
Waterfall
Watershed
Yazoo stream

Impact landforms

Landforms created by extrerrestrial impacts include:

Central peak
Complex crater
Cratered landscapes
Ejecta blanket
Impact crater
Simple crater

Karst landforms

Karst landforms include:

Abîme
Calanque
Cave
Cenote
Cockpit karst
Doline
Foibe
Karstfenster
Karst valleys

Limestone pavement
Mogote
Polje
Scowle
Sinkhole
Tower karst
Turlough
Uvala

Lacustrine landforms

Lacustrine landforms include:

Beach and raised beach
Carolina bay
Dry lake
Endorheic basin
Lacustrine plain
Lacustrine terraces
Lake

Oasis
Oxbow lake
Parallel Roads of Glen Roy
Playa lake
Pond
Proglacial lake
Salt pan (salt flat)

Mountain and glacial landforms

Mountain and glacial landforms include:

Arête
Cirque
Crevasse
Corrie or cwm
Cove (mountain)
Dirt cone
Drumlin and drumlin field
Esker
Fjord
Fluvial terrace
Glacial horn
Glacier
Glacier cave

Glacier foreland
Hanging valley
Hill
Kame
Kame delta
Kettle
Monadnock
Moraine and Ribbed moraines
Moulin (geology)
Mountain
Mountain pass or col
Mountain range
Nunatak

Proglacial lake
Outwash fan and outwash plain
Pingo
Rift valley
Roche moutonnée
Sandur
Side valley
Summit
Trim line
Truncated spur
Tunnel valley
Valley
U-shaped valley

Slope landforms

Slope landforms include:

Alas
Bluff
Butte
Cliff
Cuesta
Dale
Defile
Dell
Doab
Draw
Escarpment (scarp)

Flat (landform)
Glen
Gully
Hill
Knoll
Interfluve
Mesa
Mountain pass or col
Plain
Plateau

Ravine
Ridge
Rock shelter
Scree
Strath
Summit
Terrace
Terracettes
Vale
Valley
Valley shoulder

Tectonic landforms

Landforms created by tectonic activity include:

Dome
Faceted spur
Fault scarp
Graben
Horst
Mid-ocean ridge
Mud volcano
Oceanic trench
Pull apart basin
Rift valley
Sand volcano

Volcanic landforms

Volcanic landforms include:

Caldera
Complex volcano
Crater lake
Cryovolcano
Geyser
Guyot
Lava dome
Lava flow
Lava lake
Lava plain
Lava spine
Lava tube

Maar
Malpais
Mamelon
Mid-ocean ridge
Pit crater
Pseudocrater
Shield volcano
Stratovolcano
Subglacial mound
Submarine volcano
Supervolcano

Tuya
Vent
Volcanic cone
Volcanic craters (not impact craters)
Volcanic dam
Volcanic field
Volcanic group
Volcanic island
Volcanic plateau
Volcanic plug
Volcano

Landforms, alphabetic

Abîme
Abyssal fan
Abyssal plain
Ait
Alas
Alluvial fan
Anabranch
Arch
Archipelago
Arjte
Arroyo and (wash)
Atoll
Ayre
Badlands
Bar
Barchan
Barrier bar
Barrier island
Bay
Baymouth bar
Bayou
Beach
Beach cusps
Beach ridge
Bench
Bight
Blowhole
Blowout
Bluff
Bornhardt
Braided channel
Butte
Calanque
Caldera
Canyon
Cape
Carolina bay
Cave
Cenote
Channel
Cirque
Corrie or cwm
Cliff
Coast
Complex crater
Complex volcano
Confluence
Continental shelf
Coral reef
Cove
Cove (mountain)
Crater lake
Crevasse splay
Crevasse
Cryovolcano
Cuesta
Cuspate foreland
Cutbank
Dale
Defile
Dell
Desert pavement
Desert varnish
Dirt cone
Dissected plateau
Doab
Doline
Dome
Drainage basin
Drainage divide
Draw
Dreikanter
Drumlin
Drumlin field
Dry lake
Dune
Dune system
Ejecta blanket
Endorheic basin
Erg
Escarpment (scarp)
Esker
Estuary
Exhumed river channel
Faceted spur
Fault scarp
Firth
Fjard
Fjord
Flat
Flatiron
Floodplain
Fluvial island
Fluvial terrace
Foibe

Geo
Geyser
Glacial horn
Glacier cave
Glacier foreland
Glacier
Parallel Roads of Glen Roy
Glen
Gorge
Canyon
Graben
Gulf
Gully
Guyot
Hanging valley
Headland
Hill
Hogback
Homoclinal ridge
Hoodoo
Horst
Impact crater
Inlet
Interfluve
Inverted relief
Island
Islet
Isthmus
Kame delta
Kame
Karst
Karstfenster
Karst valley
Kettle
Knoll
Lacustrine plain
Lagoon
Lake
Lava dome
Lava flow
Lava lake
Lava plain
Lava spine
Lava tube
Lavaka
Levee, natural
Limestone pavement
Loess
Lacustrine terraces
Maar
Machair
Malpaís
Mamelon
Marine terrace
Marsh
Meander
Mesa
Mid-ocean ridge
Mogote
Monadnock
Moraine
Moulin
Mountain
Mountain pass or col
Mountain range
Mud volcano
Natural arch
Nunatak
Oasis
Ocean
Oceanic basin
Oceanic plateau
Oceanic ridge
Oceanic trench
Outwash fan
Outwash plain
Oxbow lake
Pediment
Pediplain
Peneplain
Peninsula
Pingo
Pit crater
Plain
Plateau
Playa lake
Plunge pool
Point bar
Polje
Pond
Potrero
Proglacial lake
Pseudocrater
Pull apart basin

Raised beach
Rapid
Ravine
Ria
Ribbed moraines
Ridge
Riffle
Rift valley
River
River delta
River island
Roche moutonnée
Rock formations
Rock shelter
Rock-cut basin
Salt marsh
Salt pan (salt flat)
Sand volcano
Sandhill
Sandur
Scowle
Scree
Sea
Sea cave
Seamount
Shield volcano
Shoal
Shore
Shut-in
Side valley
Sinkhole
Sound
Spit
Spring
Stack and stump
Strait
Strandflat
Strath
Stratovolcano
Stream pool
Stream
Strike ridge
Structural bench
Structural terrace
Subglacial mound
Submarine canyon
Submarine volcano
Summit
Supervolcano
Surge channel
Swamp
Tea table
Tepui
Terrace
Terracettes
Tessellated pavement
Thalweg
Tidal marsh
Tide pool
Tombolo
Tor
Tower karst
Towhead
Trim line
Truncated spur
Tunnel valley
Turlough
Tuya
U-shaped valley
Uvala
Vale
Valley
Valley shoulder
Vale
Vent
Ventifact
Volcanic arc
Volcanic cone
Volcanic craters
Volcanic dam
Volcanic field
Volcanic group
Volcanic island
Volcanic plateau
Volcanic plug
Volcano
Wadi
Waterfall
Watershed
Wave cut platform
Yardang