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Sign in to savethumb|The Chocolate Hills constitute a landform.
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A landform is a natural physical feature of the Earth's surface, such as hills, mountains, valleys, or plains. Understanding landforms matters because they shape how landscapes look, influence where people can live and farm, and affect water flow and weather patterns across regions.
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thumb|The Chocolate Hills constitute a landform.
A landform is a land feature on the solid surface of the Earth or other planetary body. They may be natural or may be anthropogenic (caused or influenced by human activity). Landforms together make up a given terrain, and their arrangement in the landscape is known as topography. Landforms include hills, mountains, canyons, and valleys, as well as shoreline features such as bays, peninsulas, and seas, including submerged features such as mid-ocean ridges, volcanoes, and the great oceanic basins.