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Types of Landforms

Name: Types of Landforms
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Mountain, plateau, valley, mesa, fjord — which landform shapes the most dramatic places on Earth?

Types Of Landforms — 18 entries in the geography category, sortable by Landform, Category, Formation. A clean, structured reference list with the full source data in one place.

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Landform↕	Category↕	Formation↕	Famous Example↕	Description↕
Mountain	Elevated	Tectonic uplift, volcanism	Mount Everest	Landmass rising sharply above surroundings, typically over 600m elevation
Plateau	Elevated	Uplift, volcanic, erosion	Tibetan Plateau	Flat, elevated area larger than a mesa, often called tableland
Mesa	Elevated	Differential erosion	Monument Valley	Isolated flat-topped hill with steep sides, smaller than a plateau
Butte	Elevated	Erosion of mesa	Devil's Tower	Narrow isolated pillar with flat top, eroded remnant of a mesa
Hill	Elevated	Erosion, deposition	Seven Hills of Rome	Natural elevation of the land, lower and more rounded than a mountain
Valley	Depression	Fluvial or glacial erosion	Yosemite Valley	Low area between hills or mountains carved by rivers or glaciers
Canyon	Depression	River erosion	Grand Canyon	Deep gorge with steep sides cut by a river through rock
Basin	Depression	Tectonic subsidence, erosion	Great Basin	Low-lying area surrounded by higher land, often with internal drainage
Plain	Flat	Sediment deposition	Great Plains	Extensive flat or gently rolling land at low elevation
Fjord	Coastal	Glacial erosion, sea flooding	Geirangerfjord	Long, narrow sea inlet with steep sides carved by glaciers
Delta	Coastal	River deposition	Nile Delta	Triangular area at river mouth formed from deposited sediment
Peninsula	Coastal	Varies	Iberian Peninsula	Land nearly surrounded by water but connected to a larger landmass
Isthmus	Coastal	Varies	Isthmus of Panama	Narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas
Cape	Coastal	Erosion, deposition	Cape of Good Hope	Pointed piece of land extending into a body of water
Dune	Depositional	Wind deposition	Sahara ergs	Hill or ridge of sand built up by wind action
Volcano	Elevated	Magma eruption	Mount Fuji	Opening in Earth's crust where molten rock erupts, builds a cone
Glacier	Ice	Snow accumulation	Perito Moreno	Persistent body of dense ice moving under its own weight
Atoll	Coastal	Coral on subsiding volcano	Maldives	Ring-shaped coral reef or chain of islands encircling a lagoon

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