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Scope note: Designates land and water areas where human effects, if present, are not ecologically significant to the area as a whole. Use to contrast with "cultural landscapes," areas which are significantly altered or modified by human actions.

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UF natural landscape

BT landscapes (environments)

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natural landscapes

NT6 300266059 bodies of water (natural) [+~]
- NT7 fiords
- NT7 harbors [+~]
  - NT8 sections of harbors
- NT7 lagoons (bodies of water)
- NT7 ponds (water) [+~]
  - NT8 fishponds
- NT7 pools (bodies of water)
- NT7 seas
- NT7 channels (water bodies) [+~]
  - NT8 river beds
  - NT8 navigation channels
  - NT8 marine channels
  - NT8 lake channels
  - NT8 stream channels
  - NT8 passes (channels)
  - NT8 cutoffs
- NT7 meanders (water body components) [+~]
  - NT8 oxbows (meanders)
- NT7 riverbanks
- NT7 aquifers
- NT7 glaciers (bodies of water)
- NT7 gulfs (bodies of water)
- NT7 bays (bodies of water)
- NT7 coves (bodies of water)
- NT7 [bodies of water by state] [+~]
  - NT8 former bodies of water
  - NT8 intermittent bodies of water [+~]
    - NT9 intermittent watercourses
    - NT9 intermittent lakes
  - NT8 abandoned watercourses (geographic features)
  - NT8 lost watercourses
  - NT8 ice floes
- NT7 icebergs
- NT7 pack ice
- NT7 inlets
- NT7 salt lakes
- NT7 bights
- NT7 sounds (bodies of water)
- NT7 straits
- NT7 narrows (watercourse)
- NT7 ice caps
- NT7 snowfields
- NT7 reaches
- NT7 anchorages [+~]
  - NT8 roadsteads
- NT7 cenotes
- NT7 waterholes
- NT7 whirlpools
- NT7 headwaters
- NT7 shallows
- NT7 fords
- NT7 river mouths
- NT7 ice sheets
- NT7 icecap depressions
- NT7 icecap domes
- NT7 ice tongues
- NT7 passages (bodies of water)
- NT7 guts (bodies of water)
- NT7 fishing areas (hydrographic features)
- NT7 marine bodies of water [+~]
  - NT8 [marine bodies of water by biome] [+~]
    - NT9 oceans (marine bodies of water)
    - NT9 estuaries
    - NT9 coral reef areas
- NT7 bodies of freshwater [+~]
  - NT8 [bodies of freshwater by biome] [+~]
    - NT9 wetlands [+]
    - NT9 lacustrine bodies of water [+]
    - NT9 riverine bodies of water [+]
NT6 300266060 landforms (terrestrial) [+~]
- NT7 shores (landforms) [+~]
  - NT8 beaches
  - NT8 lakeshores (landforms)
  - NT8 seashores
  - NT8 river crossings (landforms)
- NT7 coastlines
- NT7 buttes
- NT7 caves [+~]
  - NT8 natural tunnels
- NT7 cliffs (landforms)
- NT7 valleys (landforms) [+~]
  - NT8 hollows (landforms)
  - NT8 glens
  - NT8 hanging valleys
- NT7 gullies
- NT7 hills (landforms) [+~]
  - NT8 foothills
  - NT8 hillocks
  - NT8 knolls
  - NT8 hummocks (hills)
- NT7 isthmuses
- NT7 mountains (landforms)
- NT7 peaks (landforms)
- NT7 peninsulas
- NT7 plains (landforms)
- NT7 reefs [+~]
  - NT8 coral reefs
  - NT8 artificial reefs
- NT7 mesas (landforms)
- NT7 glacial landforms [+~]
  - NT8 drumlins
  - NT8 moraines
  - NT8 eskers
  - NT8 kames
  - NT8 nunataks
- NT7 capes (landforms)
- NT7 promontories
- NT7 deserts [+~]
  - NT8 rocky deserts
  - NT8 sandy deserts
  - NT8 [deserts by biome] [+~]
    - NT9 hot and dry deserts
    - NT9 semiarid deserts
    - NT9 coastal deserts
    - NT9 cold deserts
- NT7 caverns
- NT7 faults
- NT7 volcanoes
- NT7 fluvial landforms [+~]
  - NT8 arroyos (landforms)
  - NT8 alluvial fans [+~]
    - NT9 deltas
  - NT8 canyons
  - NT8 coulees
  - NT8 gorges (landforms)
  - NT8 ravines
  - NT8 beach ridges
  - NT8 flood plains
  - NT8 wadis
- NT7 eolian landforms [+~]
  - NT8 dunes
  - NT8 loess
- NT7 plateaus (landforms)
- NT7 swales
- NT7 sand bars
- NT7 flats (landforms) [+~]
  - NT8 salt flats [+~]
    - NT9 sabkhas
- NT7 escarpments (landforms)
- NT7 slopes (landforms) [+~]
  - NT8 talus slopes
- NT7 subcontinents
- NT7 watersheds (drainage divides)
- NT7 massifs
- NT7 passes (landforms)
- NT7 ridges (landforms)
- NT7 sinkholes
- NT7 speleothems [+~]
  - NT8 stalagmites
  - NT8 stalactites
- NT7 defiles
- NT7 mountain ranges
- NT7 mountain systems
- NT7 gaps
- NT7 divides
- NT7 natural arches [+~]
  - NT8 natural bridges
- NT7 natural pillars
- NT7 blowouts
- NT7 interfluves
- NT7 basins (landforms)
- NT7 points (landforms)
- NT7 spits (landforms)
- NT7 land bridges
- NT7 uplands
- NT7 highlands
- NT7 cirques
- NT7 depressions (landforms) [+~]
  - NT8 pans (landforms)
- NT7 benches (landforms)
- NT7 cuestas
- NT7 boulder fields
- NT7 gravel fields
- NT7 rockfalls
- NT7 sand areas
- NT7 salt areas
- NT7 slides (landforms)
- NT7 saddles (landforms)
- NT7 bars (landforms)
- NT7 moors (landforms)
- NT7 heaths (landforms)
- NT7 lava flows
- NT7 clearings (landforms)
- NT7 flood control basins
- NT7 banks (landforms)
- NT7 cones (landforms)
- NT7 fissures
- NT7 clefts
- NT7 calderas (craters)
- NT7 craters (landforms)
- NT7 volcanic landforms
- NT7 steppes
- NT7 spurs (landforms)
- NT7 badlands
- NT7 shoals (landforms)
- NT7 deeps (physical features)
- NT7 blowholes
- NT7 dry lakes
- NT7 sills (landforms)
- NT7 karst areas
- NT7 drainage basins
- NT7 headlands
- NT7 tectonic plates [+~]
  - NT8 continental plates
- NT7 landmasses [+~]
  - NT8 islands (landforms) [+~]
    - NT9 atolls
    - NT9 fluvial islands
    - NT9 former islands
    - NT9 islets
    - NT9 island groups [+]
    - NT9 land-tied islands
    - NT9 artificial islands [+]
    - NT9 tidal islands
  - NT8 continents
  - NT8 former landmasses
- NT7 continental shelves
- NT7 downs (elevated land)
- NT7 coalfields
- NT7 observation points
- NT7 ditch mouths
- NT7 rocks (landforms)
- NT7 dry waterfalls
- NT7 hoodoos (landforms)
- NT7 pinnacles (landforms)
- NT7 pillars (landforms)
- NT7 rims (landforms)
- NT7 fins (landforms)
NT6 300266061 vegetation [+~]
- NT7 Plantae (kingdom) [+~]
  - NT8 woody plants [+~]
    - NT9 herbaceous plants [+]
    - NT9 shrubs
    - NT9 trees (woody plants) [+]
    - NT9 bushes
  - NT8 nonwoody plants [+~]
    - NT9 herbs
    - NT9 moss (plant) [+]
    - NT9 Pteridophyta (division) [+]
    - NT9 groundcover
  - NT8 [plants by location or context] [+~]
    - NT9 houseplants
    - NT9 sacred trees
    - NT9 liberty trees
    - NT9 bonsai (plants)
  - NT8 Bryophyta (division) [+~]
    - NT9 Sphagnopsida (class) [+]
  - NT8 Pteridophyta (division) [+~]
    - NT9 Cladoxylopsida (extinct class)
    - NT9 Polypodiopsida (class) [+]
  - NT8 Coniferophyta (division) [+~]
    - NT9 Pinopsida (class) [+]
    - NT9 Taxodiaceae (former family)
  - NT8 Gnetophyta (division)
  - NT8 Ginkgophyta (division)
  - NT8 Cycadophyta (division)
  - NT8 Angiospermae (division) [+~]
    - NT9 Urticales (former order)
    - NT9 mangrove (plant, general)
    - NT9 lotus (plant, general)
    - NT9 Liliopsida (class) [+]
    - NT9 Magnoliopsida (class) [+]
    - NT9 Eudicots (clade) [+]
  - NT8 flora (plants) [+~]
    - NT9 mycoflora
  - NT8 Anthocerophyta (division)
  - NT8 Hepatophyta (division)
  - NT8 Lycophyta (division)
  - NT8 Progymnospermophyta (extinct division)
  - NT8 Psilophyta (division)
  - NT8 Sphenophyta (division)
  - NT8 Gymnospermae (plant group)
  - NT8 plant components [+~]
    - NT9 fruit [+]
    - NT9 plant pigment [+]
    - NT9 bulbs (plant components) [+]
    - NT9 flowers (plant components)
    - NT9 buds (plant components) [+]
    - NT9 branches (plant components)
    - NT9 seeds (plant components) [+]
    - NT9 leaves (plant components) [+]
    - NT9 roots (plant components) [+]
    - NT9 elotl
    - NT9 stamens (plant components) [+]
    - NT9 vegetal remains
    - NT9 pericarps (plant components) [+]
  - NT8 Rhodophyta (division)
  - NT8 Rhodophyceae (class)
  - NT8 groupings of plants [+~]
    - NT9 wheatstacks
    - NT9 bouquets [+]
    - NT9 haystacks
  - NT8 cereals
  - NT8 succulent plants
- NT7 plant communities (natural) [+~]
  - NT8 grasslands [+~]
    - NT9 llanos (grasslands)
    - NT9 meadows
    - NT9 pampas
    - NT9 prairies
    - NT9 [grasslands by biome] [+]
  - NT8 tundras [+~]
    - NT9 [tundras by biome] [+]
  - NT8 scrublands
  - NT8 forests (plant communities) [+~]
    - NT9 jungles
    - NT9 rainforests [+]
    - NT9 woods (plant communities) [+]
    - NT9 woodlands (plant communities)
    - NT9 [forests by biome] [+]
  - NT8 ephemeral communities (plant or animal communities)
NT6 300266157 extraterrestrial bodies [+~]
- NT7 planets
- NT7 comets
- NT7 meteorites
- NT7 meteoroids
- NT7 asteroids
- NT7 galaxies
- NT7 planetary bodies
- NT7 dwarf planets
- NT7 moons [+~]
  - NT8 Galilean satellites
  - NT8 moonmoons
- NT7 asteroid belts
- NT7 satellites (natural) [+~]
  - NT8 regular satellites
  - NT8 irregular satellites
- NT7 stars (extraterrestrial bodies) [+~]
  - NT8 suns (stars)
- NT7 constellations [+~]
  - NT8 mamalhuaztli (constellation)
  - NT8 Messier 45
- NT7 star clusters
NT6 300387538 underwater landforms (non-marine)
NT6 300387581 undersea landforms [+~]
- NT7 continental rises
- NT7 undersea shelf rises
- NT7 undersea rises
- NT7 undersea slopes
- NT7 undersea mountain chains
- NT7 seamounts [+~]
  - NT8 guyots
- NT7 undersea peaks
- NT7 undersea ranges
- NT7 undersea ridges
- NT7 undersea pinnacles
- NT7 undersea knolls
- NT7 undersea hills
- NT7 undersea mounds
- NT7 undersea tongues
- NT7 undersea spurs
- NT7 undersea benches
- NT7 undersea banks
- NT7 undersea aprons
- NT7 undersea fans
- NT7 undersea shoals
- NT7 undersea shelves [+~]
  - NT8 continental shelves
- NT7 undersea shelf edges
- NT7 undersea cliffs
- NT7 undersea ledges
- NT7 undersea sills
- NT7 undersea platforms
- NT7 undersea terraces
- NT7 undersea plains
- NT7 abyssal plains
- NT7 undersea cordilleras
- NT7 undersea valleys
- NT7 undersea shelf valleys
- NT7 undersea median valleys
- NT7 undersea ravines
- NT7 undersea canyons
- NT7 undersea basins
- NT7 undersea saddles
- NT7 undersea gaps
- NT7 undersea holes
- NT7 undersea channels
- NT7 undersea forks
- NT7 undersea levees
- NT7 undersea troughs
- NT7 undersea moats
- NT7 undersea trenches
- NT7 undersea furrows
- NT7 undersea fracture zones
- NT7 submerged features
- NT7 undersea ramps
- NT7 arrugados

RT cultural landscapes

Castellano paisajes naturales
Català paisatge natural

Date of creation: 29-Apr-2024

Accepted term: 29-Apr-2024