Table 5.1 Summary of landform classifications

( - Not stated ? Mentioned but not explicitly)

Wallace (1955)

Parameters

High

mountains

Low

mountains

Plateaux

Plains with widely spaced high hills

High hills

Dissected tablelands

Plains with widely spaced low hills

Low hills

Plains with moderate relief

Plains with low relief

Slope (percent)

-

-

< 8

< 8

> 8

< 8

< 8

> 8

-

-

Altitude (m)

-

-

?

?

-

?

?

-

-

-

Relative relief (m)

> 900

300-900

200-300

200-300

200-300

100-200

100-200

100-200

30-100

< 30

 

 

 

Linton (1970)

 

Parameters

Mountains

Bold hills

Hill country

Plateau uplands

Low uplands

Lowlands

Slope

?

?

-

-

-

-

Altitude (m)

-

-

200-600

?

< 300

< 150

Relative relief (m)

> 750

> 400

< 300

< 100

-

-

 

 

 

Crozier and Owen (1983)

 

Parameters

Very high mountains

High mountains

Mountain land plateaux

Mountain land plains

Low mountain land

High hill country

Hill country plateaux

Hill country plain

Low hills

Moderate relief plains

Moderate relief plain land

Low relief plains

Low relief plain land

Slope (degrees)

> 0

> 0

< 8

< 8

> 0

> 0

< 8

< 8

> 0

> 0

> 0

< 8

> 0

Altitude (m)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Relative relief (m)

> 1820

900-1820

300-1820

300-1820

900-1820

300-899

100-299

100-299

180-299

40-99

100-179

40-99

< 40

 

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