Landscape

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Landscape refers to the visible features of an area of land, its landforms, and how they integrate with natural or man-made features. A landscape includes the physical elements of geophysically defined landforms such as (ice-capped) mountains, hills, water bodies such as rivers, lakes, ponds and the sea, living elements of land cover including indigenous vegetation, human elements including different forms of land use, buildings, and structures, and transitory elements such as lighting and weather conditions.

Physical landscape[edit | edit source]

The Physical landscape or Geography is the part of the landscape that includes physical elements, landforms and ecosystems. It is shaped by geological, geomorphological and climatological processes.

Cultural landscape[edit | edit source]

The Cultural landscape is fashioned from a natural landscape by a cultural group. Culture is the agent, the natural area is the medium, the cultural landscape is the result.

Landscape ecology[edit | edit source]

Landscape ecology is the science of studying and improving relationships between ecological processes in the environment and particular ecosystems.

Landscape architecture[edit | edit source]

Landscape architecture is a multi-disciplinary field, incorporating aspects of botany, horticulture, the fine arts, architecture, industrial design, geology and the earth sciences, environmental psychology, geography, and ecology.

Landscape art[edit | edit source]

In Art, a Landscape painting is the depiction of landscapes in art – natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, especially where the main subject is a wide view – with its elements arranged into a coherent composition.

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