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In the [[earth sciences]] and [[geology]] sub-fields a '''landform''' or '''physical feature''' comprises a [[geomorphology|geomorphological]] unit, and is largely defined by its surface form and location in the landscape, as part of the [[terrain]], and as such, is typically an element of [[topography]]. Landform elements also include seascape and oceanic waterbody interface features such as [[bay]]s, [[peninsula]]s, [[sea]]s and so forth, including sub-surface terrain features such as submersed [[mid-Atlantic ridge|mountain ranges]], volcanoes, and the great ocean basins under the thin skin of water, for the whole earth is the province and domain of geology. |
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| format = [[Western (genre)|Western]] |
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| picture_format =[[Color]] |
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| runtime = 60 minutes |
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| starring = [[Kurt Russell]]<br />[[Tim Matheson]] |
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| country = [[United States]] |
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| network = [[National Broadcasting Company|NBC]] |
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| first_aired = [[September 22]], [[1976]] |
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| last_aired = 1976 |
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| num_seasons = 1 |
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| num_episodes = 15 |
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| imdb_id = 0075117 |
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'''The Quest''', a 15-episode [[Western (genre)|Western]] [[television series]] which aired on [[National Broadcasting Company|NBC]] beginning [[September 22]], [[1976]], starred [[Kurt Russell]] and [[Tim Matheson]] as brothers Morgan and Quentin Bodine, respectively, who are seeking the whereabouts of their long-lost sister, Patricia, being held by the [[Cheyenne Indians|Cheyenne]]. Morgan, known as "Two Persons", was a captive of the Cheyenne for eight years until he was freed by the [[United States Army]]. In the story, Quentin is a young doctor from [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]]. The pair crosses thousands of miles across the [[Great Plains]] and the [[Rocky Mountains]] in search of Patricia; hence, the title ''The Quest''.<ref name=IMDB>IMDB, ''The Quest''>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075117/quotes</ref>It is unknown if the pair found their sister, as the program was quickly cancelled. A few of the episodes never aired. There was also a two-hour introductory movie.<ref>DVD offer for ''The Quest'':http://www.ioffer.com/i/THE-QUEST-TV-WESTERN-SERIES-DVD-K-RUSSELL-1976-27522621</ref> Westerns lost favor with the networks in the middle [[1970s]], after the end of NBC's ''[[Bonanza]]'' and [[Columbia Broadcasting System|CBS]]'s ''[[Gunsmoke]]''. Nevertheless, ''The Quest'' was nominated for a [[prime time]] [[Emmy Award]].<ref name=IMDB/> |
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Numerous actors of experience and reputation guest starred on ''The Quest'': [[John Anderson (actor)|John Anderson]], [[Morgan Woodward]], [[Cameron Mitchell]], [[Keenan Wynn]], [[Brian Keith]], [[Neville Brand]], [[Will Hutchins]] of [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[Sugarfoot]]'', and [[Gary Lockwood]], formerly of ABC's ''[[Follow the Sun (TV series)|Follow the Sun]]'' and NBC's ''[[The Lieutenant]]''.<ref name=IMDB/> |
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[[Image:Cades Cove Panorama.JPG|thumb|450px|left|This panorama in [[Great Smoky Mountains National Park]] has the readily identifiable '''physical features''' of a rolling [[plain]], actually part of a broad [[valley]], distant [[hill|foothills]], and a backdrop of the old much [[weathering|weathered]] [[Appalachian]] [[mountain range]].]]{{-}} |
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After ''The Quest'', Russell and Matheson appeared together in the "Deadly Doubles" episode of [[Jack Lord]]'s [[Hawaii Five-O]]'' on CBS.<ref>IMDB4041:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074041/</ref>Ironically, Tim Matheson had starred in the 1964-1965 season in the ABC [[cartoon]] character ''[[Jonny Quest]]'', and this series is entitled ''The Quest''.<ref>TV.com, ''Jonny Quest'':http://www.tv.com/jonny-quest/show/3751/summary.html</ref> |
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==Physical characteristics== |
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Landforms are categorised by characteristic physical attributes such as elevation, slope, orientation, [[stratification]], rock exposure, and soil type. |
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Gross ''physical features or landforms'' include intuitive elements such as [[berm]]s, [[mound]]s, [[hill]]s, [[ridge]]s, [[cliff]]s, [[valley]]s, [[river]]s, [[peninsula]]s and numerous other structural and size-scaled (i.e. [[Pond]]s vs. [[Lake]]s, [[hill]]s vs. [[mountain]]s) elements including various kinds of inland and oceanic [[waterbodies]] and sub-surface features. |
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==Hierarchy of classes== |
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[[Ocean]]s and [[continent]]s exemplify the highest-order landforms. [[Landform element]]s are parts of a high-order landforms that can be further identified and systematically given a cohesive definition such as hill-tops, [[shoulder]]s, saddles, foreslopes and backslopes. |
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Some generic landform elements are: pits, peaks, channels, ridges, passes, pools, plains; these can be often extracted from a digital elevation model using some automated techniques<ref |
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|url=http://www.colorado.edu/research/cires/banff/pubpapers/198/ |
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|title=Conference paper: "Automated landform classification using DEMs" |
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|accessdate=2008-06-26 |
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|author=Robert A. MacMillan, David H. McNabb, R. Keith Jones|date=September, 2000 |
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> where the data (various kinds) has been gathered by modern satellites and [[stereoscopic]] [[aerial photography|aerial surveillance]] cameras. Until recently, compiling the data found in such data sets required time consuming and expensive techniques of "Boots on the ground" at many man-hours. '''[[Terrain]]''' (or '''relief''') is the third or vertical dimension of '''land surface'''. '''[[Topography]]''' is the study of terrain, although the word is often used as a synonym for relief itself. When relief is described [[underwater]], the term [[bathymetry]] is used. In [[cartography]], many [[Cartographic relief depiction|different techniques]] are used to describe relief, including [[contour line]]s. |
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Elementary landforms (segments, facets, relief units) are the smallest homogeneous divisions of the land surface, at the given scale/resolution. These are areas with relatively homogenous [[morphometric]] properties, bounded by lines of discontinuity. A plateau or a hill can be observed at various scales ranging from few hundred meters to hundreds of kilometers. Hence, the spatial distribution of landforms is often scale-dependent as is the case for soils and geological strata. |
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A number of factors, ranging from [[plate tectonics]] to [[erosion]] and [[deposition (sediment)|deposition]], can generate and affect landforms. [[biology|Biological]] factors can also influence landforms— for example, note the role of [[vegetation]] in the development of [[dune]] systems and [[salt marsh]]es, and the work of [[coral]]s and [[alga]]e in the formation of [[reef|coral reefs]]. |
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Landforms do not include man-made features, such as [[canal]]s, [[port]]s and many [[harbor]]s; and geographic features, such as [[desert]]s, [[forest]]s, [[grassland]]s, and impact [[Impact crater|craters]]. |
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Many of the terms are not restricted to refer to features of the planet [[Earth]], and can be used to describe surface features of other planets and similar objects in the [[Universe]]. |
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==List of landforms ==<!-- This section is linked from [[Landform element]] so do not change the name of this section! --> |
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===[[:Category:Aeolian landforms|Aeolian landforms]]=== |
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*[[Barchan]] |
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*[[Blowout (geology)|Blowout]] |
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*[[Desert pavement]] |
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*[[Desert varnish]] |
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*[[Dune]] |
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*[[Erg (landform)|Erg]] |
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*[[Loess]] |
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*[[Médanos (geology)|Médanos]] |
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*[[Playa]] |
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*[[Sandhill]] |
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*[[Ventifact]] |
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*[[Yardang]] |
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===[[:Category:Coastal and oceanic landforms|Coastal and oceanic landforms]]=== |
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[[Image:Accreting coast Image6.svg|thumb|350px|Coastal and oceanic landforms.]] |
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*[[abyssal plain]] |
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*[[archipelago]] |
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*[[natural arch|arch]] |
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*[[ayre (landform)|ayre]] |
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*[[barrier bar]] & [[barrier island]] |
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*[[oceanic basin|basin, oceanic]] |
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*[[back-arc basin|basin, back-arc]] |
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*[[headlands and bays|bay & gulf]] |
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*[[beach]] & [[raised beach]] |
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*[[beach ridge]] |
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*[[bight (geography)|bight]] |
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*[[boondock]] |
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*[[headlands and bays|cape]] |
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*[[cliff]] |
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*[[coast]] |
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*[[concordant coastline]] |
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*[[confluence (geography)|confluence]] |
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*[[coral reef]] |
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*[[cove]] |
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*[[River delta|delta]] |
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*[[discordant coastline]] |
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*[[Dune|dune system]] |
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*[[estuary]] |
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*[[fjord]] |
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*[[forearc]] |
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*[[geyser]] |
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*[[Headlands and bays|headland]] |
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*[[headwaters]] |
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*[[Pyramidal peak|horn]] |
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*[[inlet]] |
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*[[isthmus]] |
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*[[island]], [[islet]], [[island arc]], [[archipelago]] & [[atoll]] |
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*[[lagoon]] |
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*[[machair (geography)|machair]] |
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*[[notch]] |
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*[[ocean]] |
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*[[Mid-ocean ridge|ocean ridge]] |
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*[[peninsula]] |
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*[[oceanic plateau|plateau, oceanic]] |
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*[[ria]] |
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*[[salt marsh]] |
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*[[sea cave]] |
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*[[Sound (geography)|sound]] |
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*[[Spit (landform)|spit]] |
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*[[Stack (geology)|stack]] & [[stump]] |
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*[[oceanic trench|trench, oceanic]] |
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*[[tombolo]] |
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*[[wave cut platform]] |
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===[[:Category:Erosion landforms|Erosion landforms]]=== |
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Landforms produced by erosion and weathering usually occur in coastal or fluvial environments, and many appear under those headings. Some other erosion landforms that do not fall into those categories include: |
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*[[butte]] |
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*[[canyon]] |
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*[[cave]] |
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*[[cuesta]] |
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*[[gulch]] |
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*[[gully]] |
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*[[Hogback (geology)|hogback]] |
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*[[hoodoo (geology)|hoodoo]] |
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*[[lavaka]] |
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*[[limestone pavement]] |
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*[[mesa]] |
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*[[potrero]] |
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*[[rock formations]] |
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*[[table (landform)|table]] |
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*[[tea table]] |
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===[[:Category:Fluvial landforms|Fluvial landforms]]=== |
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*[[ait]] |
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*[[anabranch]] |
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*[[Arroyo (creek)|arroyo]] |
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*[[drainage basin|basin]] |
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*[[bar (landform)|bar]] |
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*[[bayou]] |
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*[[beach]] |
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*[[braided channel]] |
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*[[Carolina Bay]] |
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*[[cave]] |
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*[[cliff]] |
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*[[endorheic basin]] |
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*[[exhumed river channel]] |
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*[[foreland basin]] |
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*[[ice dam]] |
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*[[island]] |
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*[[lacustrine plain]] |
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*[[lake]] |
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*[[levee]] |
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*[[marsh]] |
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*[[meander]] |
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*[[oasis]] |
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*[[oxbow lake]] |
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*[[peneplain]] |
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*[[pond]] |
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*[[swimming pool|pool]] |
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*[[proglacial lake]] |
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*[[riffle]] |
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*[[river]] |
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*[[sedimentary basin]] |
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*[[spring (hydrosphere)|spring]] |
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*[[stream]] |
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*[[stream terrace]] |
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*[[swamp]] |
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*[[valley]] and [[vale]] |
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*[[waterfall]] |
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*[[drainage basin|watershed]] |
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===[[:Category:Mountain and glacial landforms|Mountain and glacial landforms]]=== |
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*[[Arete (landform)|arête]] |
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*[[cirque (landform)|cirque]] |
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*[[crevasse]] |
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*[[Cirque|corrie]] or cwm |
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*[[dirt cone]] |
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*[[drumlin]] |
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*[[drumlin field]] |
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*[[esker]] |
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*[[fjord]] |
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*[[glacial horn]] |
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*[[glacier]] |
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*[[glacier cave]] |
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*[[hanging valley]] |
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*[[inselberg]] |
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*[[kame]] |
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*[[kame delta]] |
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*[[Kettle (landform)|kettle]] |
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*[[moraine]] |
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*[[moulin (geology)]] |
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*[[mountain]] & [[mountain range]] |
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*[[nunatak]] |
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*[[outwash fan]] and [[outwash plain]] |
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*[[pingo]] |
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*[[rift valley]] |
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*[[side valley]] |
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*[[stream terrace]] |
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*[[summit (topography)|summit]] |
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*[[tunnel valley]] |
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*[[valley]] |
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*[[U-shaped valley]] |
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===[[:Category:Slope landforms|Slope landforms]]=== |
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*[[alas]] |
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*[[cliff|bluff]] |
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*[[butte]] |
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*[[cliff]] |
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*[[cuesta]] |
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*[[Valley|dale]] |
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*[[dell (landform)|dell]] |
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*[[escarpment]] (scarp) |
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*[[glen]] |
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*[[graben]] |
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*[[gully]] |
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*[[hill]] |
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*[[horst (geology)|horst]] |
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*[[knoll]] |
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*[[mesa]] |
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*[[mountain]] |
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*[[plain]] |
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*[[plateau]] |
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*[[ravine]] |
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*[[ridge]] |
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*[[rock shelter]] |
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*[[scree]] |
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*[[strath]] |
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*[[wiktionary:terrace|terrace]] & [[terracette]]s |
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*[[vale]] |
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*[[valley]] |
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*[[valley shoulder]] |
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===[[:Category:Volcanic landforms|Volcanic landforms]]=== |
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*[[caldera]] |
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*[[volcanic cone#cinder cone|cinder cone]] |
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*[[volcanic crater|volcanic craters]] (not impact [[craters]]) |
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*[[geyser]] |
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*[[lava dome]] |
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*[[lava flow]] & [[lava plain]] |
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*[[maar]] |
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*[[mid-ocean ridge]] |
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*[[oceanic trench]] |
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*[[pit crater]] |
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*[[tuya]] |
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*[[vent]] |
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*[[volcanic field]] |
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*[[volcanic island]] |
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*[[volcano]], [[shield volcano]], [[mud volcano]] & [[composite volcano]] (or [[stratovolcano]], [[supervolcano]]) |
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==See also== |
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*[[Terrain]] |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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{{Commonscat|Landforms}} |
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*[http://www.deh.gov.au/settlements/industry/minerals/booklets/landform/ Landform Design] |
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Revision as of 02:00, 12 October 2008
| The Quest | |
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| Starring | Kurt Russell Tim Matheson |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 15 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | September 22, 1976 – 1976 |
The Quest, a 15-episode Western television series which aired on NBC beginning September 22, 1976, starred Kurt Russell and Tim Matheson as brothers Morgan and Quentin Bodine, respectively, who are seeking the whereabouts of their long-lost sister, Patricia, being held by the Cheyenne. Morgan, known as "Two Persons", was a captive of the Cheyenne for eight years until he was freed by the United States Army. In the story, Quentin is a young doctor from San Francisco. The pair crosses thousands of miles across the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains in search of Patricia; hence, the title The Quest.[1]It is unknown if the pair found their sister, as the program was quickly cancelled. A few of the episodes never aired. There was also a two-hour introductory movie.[2] Westerns lost favor with the networks in the middle 1970s, after the end of NBC's Bonanza and CBS's Gunsmoke. Nevertheless, The Quest was nominated for a prime time Emmy Award.[1]
Numerous actors of experience and reputation guest starred on The Quest: John Anderson, Morgan Woodward, Cameron Mitchell, Keenan Wynn, Brian Keith, Neville Brand, Will Hutchins of ABC's Sugarfoot, and Gary Lockwood, formerly of ABC's Follow the Sun and NBC's The Lieutenant.[1]
After The Quest, Russell and Matheson appeared together in the "Deadly Doubles" episode of Jack Lord's Hawaii Five-O on CBS.[3]Ironically, Tim Matheson had starred in the 1964-1965 season in the ABC cartoon character Jonny Quest, and this series is entitled The Quest.[4]
References
- ^ a b c IMDB, The Quest>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075117/quotes
- ^ DVD offer for The Quest:http://www.ioffer.com/i/THE-QUEST-TV-WESTERN-SERIES-DVD-K-RUSSELL-1976-27522621
- ^ IMDB4041:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074041/
- ^ TV.com, Jonny Quest:http://www.tv.com/jonny-quest/show/3751/summary.html