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Concept information
Preferred term
landforms
Type
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Topic
Definition
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Natural surface features of the earth.
Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff
Type: Concept definition
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- alluvial plains
- atolls
- basins
- beaches
- caves
- cliffs
- coastal plains
- coasts
- continental shelf
- desert pavement
- deserts
- dunes
- glaciers
- highlands
- hills
- islands
- karsts
- lowlands
- mountains
- oases
- piedmont
- plateaus
- Precambrian shield
- ravines
- reefs
- river deltas
- shorelines
- terraces
- valleys
- volcanoes
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Synonyms
- land forms
- physical features (landscape)
- physiographic features
In other languages
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Spanish
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aspectos fisiográficos
URI
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/16021
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