Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Built Environment (hierarchy name)
4. Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name)
5. landscapes (environments)

Narrower term/s

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

Anotations

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.