Editing Landform (section)

== Physical characteristics ==
Landforms are categorized by characteristic physical attributes such as elevation, slope, orientation, structure
[[stratum|stratification]], rock exposure, and soil type. Gross physical features or landforms include intuitive elements such as [[berm]]s, [[cliff]]s, [[hill]]s, [[mound]]s, [[peninsula]]s, [[ridge]]s, [[river]]s, [[valley]]s, [[volcano]]es, and numerous other structural and size-scaled (e.g. [[pond]]s vs. [[lake]]s, [[hill]]s vs. [[mountain]]s) elements including various kinds of inland and oceanic [[body of water|waterbodies]] and sub-surface features. Hills, mountains, [[plain]]s, and [[plateau]]s are the four major types of landforms on Earth. Minor landforms include basins, [[butte]]s, canyons, and valleys. Tectonic plate movements under Earth's crust can create landforms by pushing up hills and mountains.

{{wide image|Cades Cove Panorama.JPG|600px|Panorama of [[Great Smoky Mountains National Park]] showing physical features of a rolling [[plain]], actually part of a broad [[valley]], distant [[foothills]], and a backdrop of the old, much [[weathering|weathered]] [[Appalachian Mountains|Appalachian mountain range]]}}