Concept information
Preferred term
geomorphology
Definition
- Geomorphologists examine the processes that produce the earth's various land formations. Some of the land formations examined in geomorphology include mountains, volcanoes, and valleys. [Source: The SAGE Glossary of the Social and Behavioral Sciences; Geomorphology]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- archipelagos
- arid topography
- atolls
- barrier islands
- basin and range topography
- caverns
- coastal erosion and deposition
- coral reef geomorphology
- creep
- delta
- diastrophism
- dunes
- earthquakes
- faulting
- fjords
- flocculation
- floodplain
- flow (geomorphology)
- folding
- geologic timescale
- geomorphic cycle
- geothermal features
- glaciers: continental
- glaciers: mountain
- groundwater
- gully erosion
- hydrological connectivity
- hydrology
- ice
- impermeable surfaces
- karst topography
- landforms
- mass wasting
- minerals
- nitrogen cycle
- oceanic circulation
- oceans
- periglacial environments
- permafrost
- plate tectonics
- playas
- rill erosion
- rivers
- rock weathering
- sedimentary rock
- sedimentation
- small islands
- soil
- surface water
- topography
- volcanoes
- wind erosion
Belongs to group
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/geomorphology
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