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Regarding the "List of Landforms," the top one, 'alas' is something that I can't find any record of other than on what seem to be mirrors of this page. Does anyone have any info on whether or not those are real landforms, and what they are, or if that is a typo?

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The "alas" does appear to be a real name for a permafrost landform. See http://nsidc.org/fgdc/glossary/english.pdf for definition (page 4 of the document; it lists alass as an alternate spelling) and http://www.hyarc.nagoya-u.ac.jp/game/6thconf/html/abs_html/T1/T1HY30Jul04115511.html for an example of its usage in a scientific paper.

Permafrost-related landforms are usually classified as Periglacial Landforms. I think it would be best to create a subcategory for periglacial landforms, to include alas, pingo, and patterned ground. (Those are the only permafrost landform words I know.)

Is there aiul8ul;u;lu;ulyh way to link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacial_landforms to this page?

[edit] Pediment

Can anyone say something about pediments and pediplains in geomorphology? ACrush ?!/© 08:32, 12 April 2006 (UTC)45565576556

[edit] straits

straits are not listed on this page. Should they be? Hmains 05:30, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Straits are geographic features, but they are not considered landforms. --orlady 16:32, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Why? Virtually everything else about water seems to be listed, including gulfs, bays, even oceans! Thanks Hmains 17:22, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

I see your point. Either (1) this article is mistitled or (2) it includes many elements that should not be listed. Depending on which answer one chooses, either (1) the current contents should be renamed to "Terms for geographic features" (leaving a need for another article about the narrower topic of landforms) or (2) many listed elements (such as ocean, river, boondocks, lagoon, and rock formation) should be removed from the article.--orlady 18:06, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] list of landforms

The list of landforms in this article divides landforms by type, but what constitutes each type is not defined and not always obvious. Can someone add this info? Also are the types all inclusive? Are there other types not listed? And the instances of the types are not complete. Where are flat grassland plains, for example? Thanks Hmains 17:39, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

  • I am new to this article and noticed the same things you did. There certainly are items missing. I have disambiguated some. Cuvette 22:31, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] capitalization

In the lists of landforms, any good reason why some are capitalized and some are not. It looks random. And it seems none should be capitalized according to use rules of such. Hmains 02:57, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Agree with your observation that they should all follow the same caps rule. I think most lists on wikipedia have the first letter of the first word capitalised, which version i would mildly favour. But in any case they should all be the same. Cuvette 22:35, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] forests, prairies, grasslands

Do forests, prairies, and grasslands belong in the Category:Landforms or the Category:Natural history or somewhere else? They are not listed in this article. Should they be? Hmains 00:48, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

  • Forests, prairies, deserts, rain forests, tundra, grasslands, etc., are not landforms. The proper topic is somewhere in ecology. --orlady 03:13, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
Some of these probably could go in. Cuvette 04:11, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] basins

ok, people: the Category:Basins says 'all' basins are landforms, so what category (ies) of landform do these assorted basins (Category:basins) belong to? Hmains 02:45, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

I have begun to add the basin types for which we have articles to the landform list. thanks for bringing up these obscure basins as they need a home. they fall under different sub sections of the landform article since some are fluvial and some are oceanic in origin. as far as the place name basins, their cat would presumably be under the country or region (e.g. by the way, Hmains, thanks for all the work you do with categories. i have observed your countless efforts with cats and other matters and you are awesome. Cuvette 04:10, 26 June 2007 (UTC)