geographic features
Natural land formations
Geographic features are the natural and human-made characteristics of Earth's surface.
Natural features include mountains, rivers, valleys, deserts, and coastlines.
Human-made features include cities, roads, and dams.
The term appears in education and cartography: Students learned to identify geographic features on the map.
Also called landforms when referring specifically to terrain shapes.
- bayPartially enclosed water
- duneWind-formed sand ridge
- canyonDeep river-cut gorge
- cliffVertical rock wall
- fjordGlacially carved coastal inlet
sea cliff · pond · mountain · mountain range · grassland · estuary · isthmus · tundra · savanna · wetland · geyser · volcanic crater · ocean · ocean floor · escarpment · peninsula · crevasse · glacier
- geographycontinents, continent, oceans, countries, country
- naturesun, moon, sky, trees, water
- Featureseye, cheek, eyebrow, lip, ear
- cartographymaps, world map, atlas, globes, cartographers
- South Asia mapspolitical map, physical map, terrain map, elevation map, topographic map
- placescity, town, village, hamlet, building
geographic featuresbuilt environment
Human-created physical surroundings
infrastructure · architecture · buildings · urban development · artificial islands
geographic featurespolitical boundaries
Jurisdictional dividing lines
time zones · property lines · legal boundaries · postal codes · electoral districts
geographic featuresweather patterns
Recurring atmospheric conditions
atmospheric conditions · climate events · migratory patterns · ephemeral streams