Landscape, geographical
The term “landscape,” as used in the earth sciences, has been confused with the term “region” to such an extent that a restatement of the scope and definition of this term is needed.
As will be mentioned below, “landscape” is a geographical unit of relatively small size, but still large enough to be a representative part of the earth's surface. Any unit smaller than a “landscape” is not representative.
Passarge (1921) gives the following definition:
“A Natural landscape natural landscape is a district which so far as possible represents a unit according to its climate, vegetation cover, modelling of the surface, geological structure and soil. Generally all these characteristics do not coincide; some must however agree to unity, if a landscape is to result”
“Actually, natural landscapes are not made up by a single oneness. On the contrary, they are broken down according to relief forms and structure, according to their waters, soils and vegetation mantle into subdivisions which are...
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