Landscape

Landscape comprises the visible features of an area of land, including physical elements such as landforms, living elements of flora and fauna, abstract elements like lighting and weather conditions, and human elements like human activity and the built environment. The word landscape comes from the Dutch word landschap, from land (directly equivalent to the English word land) also the suffix -schap, corresponding to the English suffix "-ship". La... more
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