Package: VolcanicTopoGeothermalTerrainFeatures

Parent: Physiography

Relevant types:

Name Type Definition Description
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. -