Package: VolcanicTopoGeothermalTerrainFeatures
Parent: Physiography
Relevant types:
Name | Type | Definition | Description |
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Crater_P | Feature Type | A bowl-shaped depression in the terrain, usually round and with steep sides. | Craters commonly are created by the removal of material by explosions, either natural (for example: the eruption of a volcano) or artificial (for example: a bomb), originating at or below the Earth's surface, or by the impact of an object with the Earth (for example: a meteorite). |
Crater_S | Feature Type | A bowl-shaped depression in the terrain, usually round and with steep sides. | Craters commonly are created by the removal of material by explosions, either natural (for example: the eruption of a volcano) or artificial (for example: a bomb), originating at or below the Earth's surface, or by the impact of an object with the Earth (for example: a meteorite). |
GeothermalOutlet_P | Feature Type | A terrain surface feature controlled by or derived from the heat of the Earth's interior. | For example, a hot spring. |
GeothermalOutlet_S | Feature Type | A terrain surface feature controlled by or derived from the heat of the Earth's interior. | For example, a hot spring. |
VolcanicDyke_C | Feature Type | A sheet of rock filling a fissure that sometimes shows as a terrain ridge. | Especially a mass of igneous rock that has intruded upwards through strata. |
Volcano_P | Feature Type | A hill or mountain situated over an opening or openings in the Earth's crust through which lava, cinders, steam, and/or gases, are or have been expelled. | - |
Volcano_S | Feature Type | A hill or mountain situated over an opening or openings in the Earth's crust through which lava, cinders, steam, and/or gases, are or have been expelled. | - |