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Landscape and Landform Choices for Tennessee

If you do not find a suitable term, check the national list of landscape and landform terms then contact David McMillen to get the term added to the list. Evaluate the terms below. Do we need "valley" and "river valley" as landscape terms? Two types of slough landforms?

In the example below, this soil occurs on nearly level stream terraces (landform) on the landscape called "valley".

NASIS screen showing Landscape and Landform reltationships

Landscape Terms

alluvial plain
basin
coastal plain (also Landform)
foothills
hills (singular = Landform)
karst
mountains (singular = Landform)
plateau (also Landform)
river valley (Tennessee, Elk, Cumberland, etc.)
sinkhole karst
upland
valleys (also Landform)

Landform Terms

alluvial fan
backswamp
bluff
cliff
cove [geom]
depression
divide
drainageway
draw
escarpment
fan
flat
flood plain
gap
gulch
hill
hillslope
knob
knoll
loess bluff
loess hill
low hill
meander
mountain (plural = Landscape)
mountain slope
mountain valley

natural levee
peak
plain (also Landscape)
plateau (also Landscape)
ravine
ridge
rim
saddle
scarp
sinkhole
slide
slough (ephemeral water)
slough (permanent water)
slump
stream terrace
swale (also Microfeature)
swamp
terrace
toe (also Microfeature)
U-shaped valley
valley
valley flat
valley floor
valley side
V-shaped valley
wash
wind gap

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