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Public-images-osm logo.svg landform
Description
a natural or artificial feature of the earth’s surface Edit this description in the wiki page. Edit this description in the data item.
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesmay be used on waysmay be used on areasshould not be used on relations
Documented values: 2
Requires
Useful combination
See also
Status: imported

A landform is a natural or artificial feature of the solid surface of the Earth. A landform is a feature on the Earth's surface that is part of the terrain. Mountains, hills, plateaus, and plains are the four major types of landforms.

Note that the key natural=* is a competing tag. Some prefer not to use the key natural=* as it's common English usage does not encompass made made/altered features and it also mixes land covers and land features in the one key. The key natural=* is presently more commonly used.

Values

The table does not have all the present values of landform. Please expand by using taginfo.

Value Description Picture Alternative tags
landform=dune(s) Dunes are a landform of sandy hills, usually in desert regions or near lakes and oceans, covered with little or no vegetation. Dunas-natal.jpg natural=dune, landform=erg
landform=erg Erg; a broad, flat area of desert covered with wind-swept sand with no or very little vegetation Linear Dunes, Namib Sand Sea.jpg landform=dune
landform=ersker Esker; A narrow, sinuous, steep-sided ridge composed of sand or gravel deposited by a glacial stream. Esker (PSF).png natural=ersker
landform=moraine Moraine; glacially formed accumulation of unconsolidated glacial debris Manang site (54).JPG

See Also

natural=* This key, despite its name, also tags 'unnatural' things. It also maps land covers along with land forms. For those reasons some prefer to use the landform=* and landcover=*.