Thesaurus results for LANDFORMS

landforms

noun

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 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 One of the highest-priority landforms was Orientale Basin. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 11 Apr. 2026 Shinomiya pays detailed attention to everything on screen, crafting not just the faces and emotions of the characters, but also all the other creatures, natural landforms and skies of this story world. — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 18 Feb. 2026 The Earth’s continents and landforms are always changing thanks to the tectonic plates. — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 16 Jan. 2026 The chain of landforms to the west of Kauai is so small that it was not easily spotted in the satellite images taken as Kiko roared across the Pacific toward Hawaii as a Category 4 hurricane. — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025 The landforms at the preserve are remnants of glaciation. — Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025

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The geometric detailing lands somewhere between bohemian and Americana, without leaning too hard in either direction.

— Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 26 Aug. 2026
Milliner’s point about shoppers using flavor to emotionally reset lands here.

— Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of lands

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Reaching this secluded region requires specially equipped 4x4s capable of navigating volcanic landscapes, mountain tracks, and glacial river crossings that remain inaccessible for most of the year.

— Gwen Nicol, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2026
Perhaps unsurprisingly, hiking and scenic drives are quite popular here to explore all those different landscapes.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Aug. 2026

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