A tract of land considered in terms of its physical features. Sometimes spelled terrane, though in this spelling the word also has a special meaning in plate tectonics where it connotes a unit of the lithosphere with an internally consistent structure.
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(2008). Terrain. In: Chesworth, W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Soil Science. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-3995-9_590
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