landforms

plural of landform
as in lands
a natural feature (such as a mountain or valley) of the Earth's surface These landforms were created by glaciers.

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Recent Examples of landforms Satellites look back at Earth, studying its changing landforms, migrating wildlife, diminishing glaciers and natural disasters. — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 21 Oct. 2026 The filing says that the tree project would proceed regardless of whether the administration ultimately moves forward with the redesign and will not alter holes, routing, greens, bunkers or landforms. — Rick Maese, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2026 More than 200 trees are being planted, and landforms are being created to evoke the terrain of Los Angeles as a plain nestled between mountains. — Christina Merino, Daily News, 2 Sep. 2026 Experts say the realities of construction –– blasting through rock with dynamite, pouring concrete into natural landforms and storing water in reservoirs –– could have unintended effects. — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2026 There was nothing beyond the landforms of forehead, nose, and chin. — Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026 The stunt, organized by phone-case maker RHINOSHIELD and UK aerospace company Sent Into Space, has now earned a Guinness World Records title for the highest drop of a mobile phone in a phone case onto natural landforms. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026 Beyond blending into the surrounding landforms, Snøhetta designed TRPL with a goal of meeting demanding sustainability certifications. — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 7 July 2026 Today, meteorologists can take a pandemoniac system — Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, and landforms — and make accurate forecasts up to two weeks into the future. — Quanta Magazine, 8 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for landforms
Noun
  • The community is now mostly scattered across Alaska, and some have relocated far from their ancestral lands.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The Hero Keyboard lands somewhere between the two, designed to plug into whatever display happens to be nearby.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • The clip sees the singer in Hollywood and Paris, dragging a golden skeleton across the city landscapes.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Never mind that these particular landscapes are sometimes rather obviously Ireland rather than upstate New York.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026

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“Landforms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landforms. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

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