landscape feature
Natural land formation
A landscape feature is any distinct, identifiable element of terrain or land cover—natural or human-made.
Mountains, rivers, valleys, and forests are natural landscape features; roads, hedgerows, and buildings are constructed ones.
The term appears in geography, surveying, and environmental planning: The map shows major landscape features including ridgelines and waterways.
- valleyLow ground between heights
- river basinLand draining to one waterway
- canyonDeep river-cut gorge
- promontoryElevated land jutting waterward
- plateauFlat highland area
flood plain · peak · escarpment · fault line · plain · rolling hills · hill · desert · headland · natural bridge · rock formation · mountain · forest · outcrop · bluff · sea cliff · butte · terrace
landscape featurebuilt environment
Human-created physical surroundings
architectural feature · infrastructure · construction · building · urban development
landscape featureatmospheric phenomenon
Observable occurrence in air
cloud formation · weather pattern · airspace · aurora · sky