landscape
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Landscape is a view of natural scenery—hills, fields, forests, water—as seen from a single vantage point.
The word extends to paintings or photographs of such views: a landscape by Constable.
More broadly, landscape describes any field or domain: the political landscape, the media landscape.
In printing and display, landscape orientation is wider than it is tall, mimicking the horizontal sweep of scenic views.
To landscape is to modify terrain for aesthetic effect: They landscaped the backyard with native plants.
Pleasing distant scene
- panoramaUnobstructed wide-angle view
- viewpointWay of seeing things
- picturesqueVisually pleasing, paintable
- breathtakingAstonishingly beautiful or exciting
majestic · idyllic · serene · sweeping · expansive · overlook · grandeur · spectacular
Physical feature mapping
- terrainLand's physical features
- elevationHeight above reference point
- contourBounding line of shape
- plateauFlat highland area
valley · mountain · canyon · plain · ridge · escarpment · mesa · butte
Rural area beyond towns
- farmlandAgricultural terrain
- pastureGrazing ground for livestock
- orchardFruit tree plantation
- vineyardGrape-growing estate
meadow · fields · hedgerow · barn · homestead · pastoral · bucolic · agrarian
Interconnected organisms and surroundings
- biomeMajor ecological community
- floraPlants of a region
- faunaAnimal life collectively
- forestTree-dense ecosystem
desert · tundra · savanna · wetlands · grassland · meadow · river · lake
Heavy woven cloth
- brushworkPainter's stroke method
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
- masterpieceSupreme artistic achievement
watercolor · acrylics · impressionism · realism · pastoral · Hudson River School · Turner · seascape
Living landscape components
- gradingAssigning marks to work
- plantingPlacing seeds in earth
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
- xeriscapingLow-irrigation garden design
garden · lawn · patio · pathway · retaining wall · drainage · outdoor living · curb appeal
Creating geographic representations
- mappingDiagram of correspondences
- GISSpatial data framework
- topographicalConcerning surface features
- aerialElevated, or signal-catcher
satellite · fieldwork · measurement · triangulation · theodolite · benchmark · cadastral · ordnance
vista
Pleasing distant scene
- panoramaUnobstructed wide-angle view
- viewpointWay of seeing things
- picturesqueVisually pleasing, paintable
breathtaking · majestic · idyllic · serene · sweeping · expansive · overlook · grandeur · spectacular · sublime
topography
Physical feature mapping
plateau · valley · mountain · canyon · plain · ridge · escarpment · mesa · butte · ravine
countryside
Rural area beyond towns
vineyard · meadow · fields · hedgerow · barn · homestead · pastoral · bucolic · agrarian · rolling hills
ecosystem
Interconnected organisms and surroundings
forest · desert · tundra · savanna · wetlands · grassland · meadow · river · lake · glacier
canvas
Heavy woven cloth
- brushworkPainter's stroke method
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
masterpiece · watercolor · acrylics · impressionism · realism · pastoral · Hudson River School · Turner · seascape · cityscape
softscape
Living landscape components
- gradingAssigning marks to work
- plantingPlacing seeds in earth
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
xeriscaping · garden · lawn · patio · pathway · retaining wall · drainage · outdoor living · curb appeal · native plants
cartography
Creating geographic representations
- mappingDiagram of correspondences
- GISSpatial data framework
- topographicalConcerning surface features
aerial · satellite · fieldwork · measurement · triangulation · theodolite · benchmark · cadastral · ordnance · land survey
- artfine art, Renaissance, painters, masterpieces, paint
- artsartist, creativity, expression, songs, painting
- Earthearth, Earth, globe, continent, axis
- fine artsfine art, fine arts, painting, visual arts, sculpture
- outdoorstrail, forest bathing, nature walk, national park, state park
- traveltrip, trips, journey, journeys, travel
landscapeseascape
Ocean scene depiction
waterscape · skyscape · cloudscape · cityscape · airscape
- mountainous landscapeLand with many peaks
- wild landscapeUncultivated natural terrain
- pastoral landscapeIdyllic rural countryside view
- desert landscapingDry-climate yard design
- verdant landscapeLand covered in vegetation
- landscape paintingArt depicting natural vistas
landscaping, landscaper, landscapes, landscaped, landscapers, landscape painting, landscape architecture, landscape photography, landscape architect