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[TERRESTRIAL AREAS AND LANDFORMS]
Broader Terms
BT
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NATURAL ENTITIES
More specific terms
NT5
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abrasion surface
NT5
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alluvial fans
NT5
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alpine level
NT5
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apron
NT5
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arid lands
NT5
↓
arroyo
NT5
↓
artesian basins
NT5
↓
aseismic
NT5
↓
astrobleme
NT5
↓
backshore
NT5
↓
barenes
NT5
↓
bars
NT5
↓
beach ridge
NT5
↓
belt of fluctuation
NT5
↓
berm
NT5
↓
bluff
NT5
↓
boulder field
NT5
↓
boulder train
NT5
↓
catchment areas
NT5
↓
chenier
NT5
↓
coastal areas
NT5
↓
colluvium
NT5
↓
core-mantle boundary
NT5
↓
crests
NT5
↓
cuesta
NT5
↓
current marking
NT5
↓
debris cone
NT5
↓
debris flow
NT5
↓
deep-sea channels
NT5
↓
desert varnish
NT5
↓
earth pillar
NT5
↓
earth surface
NT5
↓
eluvium
NT5
↓
embankment
NT5
↓
erg
NT5
↓
fan delta
NT5
↓
flood area
NT5
↓
flooding area
NT5
↓
foredune
NT5
↓
foreshore
NT5
↓
forest surface
NT5
↓
furrow
NT5
↓
ground-water province
NT5
↓
guyot
NT5
↓
hammada
NT5
↓
heat crack
NT5
↓
humid zone
NT5
↓
hydrographic network
NT5
↓
inselberg
NT5
↓
intake area
NT5
↓
interfluve
NT5
↓
interior
NT5
↓
intermontane basin
NT5
↓
intertidal zone
NT5
↓
land bridge
NT5
↓
land space
NT5
↓
landform
►
▼
NT6
↓
banks
►
▼
NT7
↓
left bank
NT7
↓
right bank
NT6
↓
bogs
►
▼
NT7
↓
peat bog
►
▼
NT8
↓
fen
NT8
↓
lowland bog
NT8
↓
moor
NT8
↓
upland bog
NT6
↓
bottom feature
►
▼
NT7
↓
abyssal hill
NT6
↓
calanco
NT6
↓
canyons
NT6
↓
coastal landforms
►
▼
NT7
↓
bays
NT7
↓
beaches
►
▼
NT8
↓
barrier beaches
NT7
↓
cliffs
NT7
↓
coasts
►
▼
NT8
↓
ria coast
NT7
↓
headland (geography)
►
▼
NT8
↓
capes
NT8
↓
fjord
NT8
↓
gulfs
NT7
↓
island arc
NT7
↓
isthmus
NT7
↓
sea inlet
►
▼
NT8
↓
coves
NT8
↓
creek
NT6
↓
dunes
►
▼
NT7
↓
barchan
NT7
↓
coastal dune
NT7
↓
continental dune
NT7
↓
sand dunes
NT6
↓
eolian feature
NT6
↓
erosion feature
►
▼
NT7
↓
erosional channels
NT6
↓
geological structures
►
▼
NT7
↓
accreting plate boundary
NT7
↓
accretionary wedge
NT7
↓
active margin
NT7
↓
allochthon
NT7
↓
anticlinoria
NT7
↓
antidune
NT7
↓
antiform
NT7
↓
apophysis
NT7
↓
aseismic margin
NT7
↓
asthenosphere
NT7
↓
aulacogen
NT7
↓
aureole
NT7
↓
autochthon
NT7
↓
back-arc basin
NT7
↓
basalt plateau
NT7
↓
base surge
NT7
↓
basement
NT7
↓
batholiths
NT7
↓
bedding
NT7
↓
bedrock
NT7
↓
Benioff zone
NT7
↓
black smokers
NT7
↓
breccia pipe
NT7
↓
cap rock
NT7
↓
carbonate platform
NT7
↓
clastic dike
NT7
↓
cleavage
NT7
↓
closed fracture
NT7
↓
columnar joint
NT7
↓
concretion
NT7
↓
continental borderland
NT7
↓
continental margin
NT7
↓
continental rise
NT7
↓
continental shelves
NT7
↓
continental slope
NT7
↓
continents
NT7
↓
country rock
NT7
↓
craton
NT7
↓
cross-stratification
NT7
↓
crustal block
NT7
↓
cyclothem
NT7
↓
depositional basin
NT7
↓
diapir
NT7
↓
diatreme
NT7
↓
dike swarm
NT7
↓
discontinuity
NT7
↓
Earth core
►
▼
NT8
↓
inner core
NT8
↓
outer core
NT7
↓
earth crust
►
▼
NT8
↓
continental crust
NT8
↓
lower crust
NT8
↓
oceanic crust
NT8
↓
upper crust
NT7
↓
eolian deposit
NT7
↓
erosion surface
NT7
↓
eugeosyncline
NT7
↓
extrusion
NT7
↓
facies
►
▼
NT8
↓
biofacies
NT8
↓
lithofacies
NT7
↓
fan
NT7
↓
fault
►
▼
NT8
↓
active fault
NT8
↓
en echelon fault
NT8
↓
extension fault
NT8
↓
growth fault
NT8
↓
listric fault
NT8
↓
normal fault
NT8
↓
overthrust fault
NT8
↓
parallel fault
NT8
↓
radial fault
NT8
↓
reverse fault
NT8
↓
step fault
NT8
↓
strike-slip fault
NT8
↓
transcurrent fault
NT8
↓
transform fault
NT8
↓
wrench fault
NT7
↓
fault plane
NT7
↓
fault scarp
NT7
↓
feeder
NT7
↓
flexure
NT7
↓
flute cast
NT7
↓
fold
►
▼
NT8
↓
anteclise
NT8
↓
anticline
NT8
↓
asymmetric fold
NT8
↓
concentric fold
NT8
↓
cylindrical fold
NT8
↓
disjunctive fold
NT8
↓
en echelon fold
NT8
↓
overturned fold
NT8
↓
recumbent fold
NT8
↓
symmetric fold
NT8
↓
syncline
NT7
↓
fold and thrust belt
NT7
↓
fold belt
NT7
↓
foot wall
NT7
↓
fore-arc basin
NT7
↓
foredeep
NT7
↓
foreland
NT7
↓
foreland basin
NT7
↓
fracture
NT7
↓
fracture zone
NT7
↓
geoanticline
NT7
↓
geological barrier
NT7
↓
geological formation
NT7
↓
geosyncline
NT7
↓
geothermal field
NT7
↓
geothermal reservoir
NT7
↓
graben
NT7
↓
groove cast
NT7
↓
gru
NT7
↓
hardground
NT7
↓
horst
NT7
↓
hot spot
NT7
↓
hydrothermal chimney
NT7
↓
intercalation
NT7
↓
intracratonic basin
NT7
↓
intrusion
NT7
↓
joint
NT7
↓
karst filling
NT7
↓
klippen
NT7
↓
lacustrine deposit
NT7
↓
lamination
►
▼
NT8
↓
cross-lamination
NT7
↓
lava field
NT7
↓
lens
NT7
↓
lineament
NT7
↓
lineation
NT7
↓
lithosphere
NT7
↓
lithotopes
NT7
↓
maar
NT7
↓
magma chamber
NT7
↓
magmatic province
NT7
↓
mainland
NT7
↓
mantle
►
▼
NT8
↓
lower mantle
NT8
↓
upper mantle
NT7
↓
marginal basin
NT7
↓
massive bedding
NT7
↓
melange
NT7
↓
mineral deposit
►
▼
NT8
↓
deep sea deposit
NT8
↓
offshore oil deposit
NT7
↓
mineral reserve
NT7
↓
monocline
NT7
↓
moraine complex
NT7
↓
mud bank
NT7
↓
nappe
NT7
↓
ocean basin
NT7
↓
oceanic trenches
NT7
↓
olistolith
NT7
↓
olistostrome
NT7
↓
open fracture
NT7
↓
orogenic belt
NT7
↓
outcrop
NT7
↓
overthrust
NT7
↓
paleolandslide
NT7
↓
passive margin
NT7
↓
piggyback basin
NT7
↓
placer
NT7
↓
plate
NT7
↓
plate boundary
NT7
↓
plume
NT7
↓
pluton
NT7
↓
primary dispersion
NT7
↓
pull-apart basin
NT7
↓
reservoir rock
NT7
↓
rhythmic bedding
NT7
↓
ridge
►
▼
NT8
↓
aseismic ridge
NT8
↓
ocean ridge
NT7
↓
rift
NT7
↓
ripples
NT7
↓
salt dome
NT7
↓
salt layer
NT7
↓
sand boil
NT7
↓
sedimentary basin
NT7
↓
sedimentary cover
NT7
↓
sedimentary structures
NT7
↓
seismic source
NT7
↓
shrinkage crack
NT7
↓
slickenside
NT7
↓
stalactite
NT7
↓
stalagmite
NT7
↓
stratigraphic trap
NT7
↓
stratotype
NT7
↓
structural basin
NT7
↓
structural trap
NT7
↓
subduction zone
NT7
↓
synclinoria
NT7
↓
talus breccia
NT7
↓
tectonic window
NT7
↓
terrane
NT7
↓
thrust fault
NT7
↓
thrust sheet
NT7
↓
trap
NT7
↓
turbidity current
NT7
↓
twinning plane
NT7
↓
varve
NT7
↓
vein system
NT7
↓
veins
NT7
↓
vent
NT7
↓
volcanic arc
NT7
↓
volcanic dome
NT7
↓
volcanic field
NT7
↓
volcanic pipe
NT7
↓
volcano-tectonic depression
NT7
↓
volcanoes
►
▼
NT8
↓
mud volcanoes
NT8
↓
shield volcanoes
NT8
↓
stratovolcanoes
NT8
↓
submarine volcanoes
NT7
↓
wall-rock
NT6
↓
glacial feature
►
▼
NT7
↓
crevasses
NT7
↓
crevices
NT7
↓
cryonival feature
►
▼
NT8
↓
cryonival deposit
NT7
↓
dead ice
NT7
↓
drumlin
NT7
↓
esker
NT7
↓
glacial cirque
NT7
↓
glacial erratics
NT7
↓
glacial lobe
NT7
↓
glacial striations
NT7
↓
glacial termination
NT7
↓
glacial tongue
NT7
↓
glacier
►
▼
NT8
↓
rock glacier
NT7
↓
glaciofluvial feature
NT7
↓
glacis
NT7
↓
ground ice
NT7
↓
ice cap
NT7
↓
ice jam
NT7
↓
ice lens
NT7
↓
ice pack
NT7
↓
ice patch
NT7
↓
ice pyramid
NT7
↓
ice sheet
NT7
↓
ice wedge
NT7
↓
ice-marginal feature
NT7
↓
moraines
►
▼
NT8
↓
ground moraine
NT8
↓
lateral moraines
NT8
↓
push moraines
NT7
↓
nunatak
NT7
↓
periglacial feature
►
▼
NT8
↓
hummock
NT8
↓
polygonal ground
NT7
↓
pingo
NT7
↓
polar cap
NT6
↓
gorge
NT6
↓
hills
NT6
↓
impact feature
►
▼
NT7
↓
meteor crater
NT6
↓
islands
►
▼
NT7
↓
archipelagoes
NT7
↓
atolls
NT7
↓
barrier island
NT7
↓
coral islands
NT7
↓
island barrier
NT7
↓
volcanic island
NT6
↓
karstic formation
►
▼
NT7
↓
caves
NT7
↓
doline
►
▼
NT8
↓
sinkhole
NT7
↓
karren
NT7
↓
karst
NT7
↓
polje
NT6
↓
kettles
NT6
↓
lacustrine feature
NT6
↓
lagoon
►
▼
NT7
↓
coral reef lagoons
NT6
↓
lowland
►
▼
NT7
↓
abyssal plain
NT7
↓
outwash plain
NT7
↓
sand flat
NT7
↓
tidal flat
NT6
↓
mountains
►
▼
NT7
↓
gully
NT7
↓
high mountain
NT7
↓
mountain pass
NT7
↓
mountain range
NT7
↓
mountain top
NT6
↓
pediment
NT6
↓
plain
►
▼
NT7
↓
alluvial plains
NT7
↓
coastal plain
NT7
↓
fluvial plains
NT7
↓
terrestrial plains
NT6
↓
roadstead
NT6
↓
sandbanks
NT6
↓
scarp
NT6
↓
shore feature
►
▼
NT7
↓
seashore
NT6
↓
slope
NT6
↓
tidal zone
NT6
↓
valleys
►
▼
NT7
↓
blind valley
NT7
↓
buried valley
NT7
↓
glacial valleys
NT7
↓
hanging valleys
NT7
↓
pocket valley
NT7
↓
river valleys
NT7
↓
structural valley
NT6
↓
volcanic landforms
►
▼
NT7
↓
caldera
NT7
↓
cinder cone
NT7
↓
craters
NT7
↓
fumarole
NT7
↓
geyser
NT7
↓
island volcano
NT7
↓
lava channel
NT7
↓
lava lake
NT7
↓
lava tube
NT7
↓
mofette
NT7
↓
solfatara
NT7
↓
volcanic belt
NT7
↓
volcanic cone
NT7
↓
volcanic neck
NT5
↓
littoral
NT5
↓
maremma
NT5
↓
marine zone
NT5
↓
marshland
►
▼
NT6
↓
marsh
►
▼
NT7
↓
mangrove swamp
NT7
↓
salt marsh
NT5
↓
meander belt
NT5
↓
mesa
NT5
↓
montane zone
NT5
↓
mountain level
NT5
↓
mudcrack
NT5
↓
muskeg
NT5
↓
natural bridge
NT5
↓
natural drainage system
NT5
↓
natural levee
NT5
↓
natural scenery
NT5
↓
niche
NT5
↓
oasis
NT5
↓
offshore bar
NT5
↓
paleoriverbed
NT5
↓
palsa
NT5
↓
peatland
NT5
↓
pedosphere
NT5
↓
peneplain
NT5
↓
piedmont
NT5
↓
pillar
NT5
↓
pit
NT5
↓
plateau
NT5
↓
point bar
NT5
↓
potholes
NT5
↓
prairie
NT5
↓
quagmire
NT5
↓
quicksand
NT5
↓
relief (land)
NT5
↓
residual deposit
NT5
↓
rhizosphere
NT5
↓
riegel
NT5
↓
rill
NT5
↓
riparian buffer zone
NT5
↓
riparian zone
NT5
↓
river bifurcation
NT5
↓
roche moutonnée
NT5
↓
rocky area
NT5
↓
rocky zone
NT5
↓
salt flats
NT5
↓
salt pan
NT5
↓
sand drifts
NT5
↓
scour
NT5
↓
scour mark
NT5
↓
sea floor
NT5
↓
seamount
NT5
↓
semi-arid zone
NT5
↓
serir
NT5
↓
shatter cone
NT5
↓
shoal
NT5
↓
shoreline
NT5
↓
sill
NT5
↓
slope
NT5
↓
solution cavity
NT5
↓
solution feature
NT5
↓
spatter cone
NT5
↓
spit
NT5
↓
streambank
NT5
↓
subalpine level
NT5
↓
submarine area
►
▼
NT6
↓
submarine canyon
NT6
↓
submarine fan
NT5
↓
submersible area
NT5
↓
swallow hole
NT5
↓
swamp
NT5
↓
Tafoni
NT5
↓
talik
NT5
↓
talus slope
NT5
↓
terraces
►
▼
NT6
↓
marine terraces
NT6
↓
river terraces
NT5
↓
terrestrial area
►
▼
NT6
↓
mountainous area
NT5
↓
thalweg
NT5
↓
tidal channel
NT5
↓
till
NT5
↓
tor
NT5
↓
trough
NT5
↓
underground cavity
NT5
↓
vegetation level
NT5
↓
volcanic area
NT5
↓
wadi
NT5
↓
washover deposit
NT5
↓
water bottom
NT5
↓
water collection area
NT5
↓
watershed divide
NT5
↓
wave-cut platform
NT5
↓
wooded marsh
NT5
↓
yardang
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[AREE TERRESTRI E FORME DEL PAESAGGIO]
Date of creation
07-Mar-2013
Accepted term
07-Mar-2013
Descendant terms
512
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More specific terms
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Alternative terms
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Related terms
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