Land is often defined as the solid, dry surface of Earth. The word land may also collectively refer the collective natural resources of Earth, including its land cover, rivers, … 展开

The study of land and its history in general is called geography. Mineralogy is the study of minerals, and petrology is the study of rocks. Soil science is the study of soils, encompassing the … 展开

The pedosphere is the outermost layer of Earth's continental surface and is composed of soil and subject to soil formation processes. … 展开

Land is "deeply intertwined with human development." It is a crucial resource for human survival, humans depend on land for subsistence, and can … 展开

The word land is derived from Old English, from the Proto-Germanic word *landą, "untilled land", and then the Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ … 展开

A landform is a natural or manmade land feature. Landforms together make up a given terrain, and their arrangement in the landscape is known as topography. Landforms include hills, mountains, canyons, and valleys, as well as shoreline features such as 展开

Land provides many ecosystem services, such as mitigating climate change, regulating water supply through drainage basins and river systems, … 展开