landform
noun
land·form
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Definition of landform
: a natural feature of a land surface
Examples of landform in a Sentence
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Powerful lobbies have tried to ravage entire landforms treated as gods. — K A Shaji, Quartz India, "Tribals in India’s Kerala are protesting against a Hindu name given to a captured elephant," 30 Aug. 2019 The birds are born with that knowledge, maybe tied to the Earth’s magnetic field and landforms. — Anchorage Daily News, "Alaska’s northern wheatears are about to embark on a remarkable journey," 10 Aug. 2019 Silt from these glaciers has piled up in mounds large enough to become their own landforms, here called the Loess Hills. — Peter Kujawinski, New York Times, "Rich in Surprises and Secrets, There’s a State Park Waiting for You," 29 July 2019 Chain of Craters Road meanders 20 miles through tortuous volcanic landforms between Kilauea Caldera and Holei Sea Arch. — National Geographic, "Everything to know about Hawaii Volcanoes National Park," 15 July 2019 The peninsula is a highly visible landform, shaped like a thumb, on the west side of the Cuyahoga River opposite Tower City Center. — Steven Litt, cleveland.com, "Developer withdraws Scranton Peninsula proposal after committee rips design," 18 July 2019 Some landforms, such as certain crater pits, could offer radiation protection to astronauts, and sites on the lunar far side that are shielded from Earth’s radio noise would be especially well suited to hosting telescopes. — Adam Mann, Scientific American, "The New Scramble for the Moon," 26 June 2019 This was the first of many useful lessons about the difference between studying the landform from space and studying it from the ground. — Jill Kiedaisch, Popular Mechanics, "A Young Island in the South Pacific Oozes Mysteries and Mud," 5 Feb. 2019 The storm was first spotted from above by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on May 30 as a localized event near Perseverance Valley, a landform being explored by the agency's Opportunity rover. — Mike Wall, Space.com, "How the Curiosity Rover Detected a Monster Mars Dust Storm Will Surprise You," 28 Sep. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'landform.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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landform
noun
English Language Learners Definition of landform
geology
: a natural feature (such as a mountain or valley) of the Earth's surface
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