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  • noun Plural form of landform.

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Examples

  • Shutterstock China's newest Unesco site is China Danxia, the name for landforms that include steep red cliffs and dramatic natural pillars and waterfalls in the southern part of the country.

    An Armchair Tour of World Wonders 2011

  • (D) identify and locate major physical and human geographic features such as landforms, water bodies, and urban centers of various places and regions;

    Rhymes With Right 2010

  • Such complex looking landforms in the Cydonia region are thought to be the result of landslides and erosion of the ancient Martian crust.antwrp. gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060926. html

    Cydonia: The face | My[confined]Space 2009

  • But it paid off, she says, noting that today they "amaze their friends" with what they know about geography and landforms.

    Family's meaningful vacations make an impact 2011

  • Dropped like a stone tablet into the heart of the Holy Land, the Dead Sea is a long, narrow lake created two million years ago when rising landforms cut it off from the Mediterranean.

    Old Salt, Dead Sea Gerard Helferich 2011

  • I absolutely 100% agree that local landforms and beach profile can make a huge difference to how the wave performs.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » This is why the Playboy Mansion sits atop a very high hill. 2010

  • There was a trembling in the air as the unnamed colors and landforms took on definition, a clarity of outline and extent.

    Excerpt: Point Omega by Don DeLillo 2010

  • Spanish is similar to English in that landforms are named not only according to their shape or morphology, but also according to their relative location.

    Mexico's place names and their meanings 2009

  • Spanish is similar to English in that landforms are named not only according to their shape or morphology, but also according to their relative location.

    Mexico's place names and their meanings 2009

  • Spanish is similar to English in that landforms are named not only according to their shape or morphology, but also according to their relative location.

    Mexico's place names and their meanings 2009

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