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Oceans and continents exemplify the highest-order landforms. [citation needed] Landform elements are parts of a high-order landforms that can be further identified and systematically given a cohesive definition such as hill-tops, shoulders, saddles, foreslopes and backslopes.
Aeolian landform – Landforms produced by action of the winds include: Dry lake – Area that contained a standing surface water body; Sandhill – Type of ecological community or xeric wildfire-maintained ecosystem; Ventifact – Rock that has been eroded by wind-driven sand or ice crystals; Yardang – Streamlined aeolian landform
Landforms are categorized by features such as elevation, slope, orientation, stratification, rock exposure, and soil type. They include berms, mounds, hills, cliffs, valleys, rivers, and numerous other elements. Oceans and continents are the highest-order landforms.
The highest mountains are also not generally the most voluminous. Mauna Loa (4,169 m or 13,678 ft) is the largest mountain on Earth in terms of base area (about 5,200 km 2 or 2,000 sq mi) and volume (about 42,000 km 3 or 10,000 cu mi), although, due to the intergrade of lava from Kilauea , Hualalai and Mauna Kea , the volume can only be ...
Landforms of North America (41 C, 4 P) O. Landforms of Oceania (34 C, 11 P) S. Landforms of South America (31 C, 5 P) This page was last edited on 20 May 2024, at ...
Highest in Peru, second highest in the world Badain Jaran Dunes ≈1,640/500: ≈6,640/2,020: Badain Jaran Desert, Alashan Plain, Inner Mongolia, Gobi Desert, China: World's tallest stationary dunes and highest in Asia [75] Rig-e Yalan Dune ≈1,542/470: ≈3,117/950: Lut Desert, Kerman, Iran: Hottest place on Earth (Gandom Beryan) Average ...
Chart showing the relationship between the 100 peaks with highest prominence in the world. (In the SVG version, hover over a peak to highlight its parent(s) and click it to view its article.) This is a list of mountain peaks ordered by their topographic prominence.
This category includes articles on specific landforms on all planets and similar objects. Landforms do not include geographic features, such as deserts, forests, grasslands, and impact craters. (For those, see Category:Geomorphology.) Compare to Category:Bodies of water and Category:Wetlands