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Landscape: A painting in which the subject matter is natural scenery.

Youth: The earliest stage in the development of a landscape. During this stage streams are actively downcutting and flowing straight for long distances with frequent waterfalls and rapids. The vall . . . View Full Definition

Youth (Geomorphology): A stage in the geomorphic cycle in which a landscape has just been uplifted and is beginning to be dissected by canyons cut by young streams.

Vertical Exaggeration: In making sketches of landscapes and cross-sections, the vertical dimension is frequently exaggerated to show detail. Vertical exaggeration is a number that represents the magnitude of this . . . View Full Definition

Old Age: A stage in the development of a landscape when streams have a low gradient and meander back and forth across broad floodplains. The landscape is marked by meander scars and oxbow lakes.

Meandering Stream: A stream that has many bends (meanders). This type of drainage pattern usually develops on a nearly level landscape and where the banks of the stream are easily eroded.

Panorama: Picture presenting a continuous view of the landscape, produced either by using a panoramic camera or from a composite of several images.

Superposed Stream: A stream that cuts across resistant bedrock units. This can occur when the stream's course was determined at a previous time and on a previous landscape.

Infinity: In photographic terms is a distance great enough to be unaffected by finite variations. In practice this relates to most subjects beyond 1000 meters or, in landscape terms, the horizon.

Vignette: A painting which is shaded off around the edges leaving a pleasing shape within a border of white or colour. Oval or broken vignettes are very common.