Preferred term
landform
Definition
- [GEMET] Any physical, recognizable form or feature of the Earth's surface, having a characteristic shape and produced by natural causes; it includes major forms such as plane, plateau and mountain, and minor forms such as hill, valley, slope, esker, and dune. Taken together the landforms make up the surface configuration of the Earth's.
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Creator
- 0000-0003-0631-8231
In other languages
Arabic
- شكل الأرض - تضاريس الأرض
Bulgarian
- Земна форма
Croatian
- reljefni oblik
Czech
- charakter terénu
Danish
- relief
Dutch
- vorm van der aardkorst
Estonian
- pinnavorm
Finnish
- pinnanmuodostus
French
- relief
German
- Geographische Form
Greek
- διαμόρφωση εδάφους
Hungarian
- talajalakulat
Italian
- forme del rilievo terrestre
Latvian
- sauszemes aprises, reljefs
Lithuanian
- sausumos darinys
Norwegian
- landform
Polish
- ukształtowanie terenu
Portuguese
- configuração do terreno
Romanian
- formă de relief
Slovak
- formy zemského povrchu
Slovenian
- reliefna oblika
Spanish
- forma de relieve
Swedish
- landform
URI
http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/32