Geographical feature

<p>In <a href="/facts/Geography/TRd1Toyo">geography</a> and particularly in <a href="/facts/Geographic_information_science/tcKLAvuw">geographic information science</a>, a geographic feature or simply feature (also called an object or entity) is a representation of phenomenon that exists at a location in the <a href="/facts/Space/tq6LUM3C">space</a> and scale of relevance to <a href="/facts/Geography/TRd1Toyo">geography</a>; that is, at or near the surface of <a href="/facts/Earth/HLLmDfj0">Earth</a>.: 62  It is an item of <a href="/facts/Geographic_information/FUSjSQ71">geographic information</a>, and may be represented in <a href="/facts/Map/KxQX4B2U">maps</a>, <a href="/facts/Geographic_information_system/PoP1kVoa">geographic information systems</a>, <a href="/facts/Remote_sensing/pj2crmGs">remote sensing</a> imagery, <a href="/facts/Spatial_analysis/R6rlDzRl">statistics</a>, and other forms of geographic discourse. Such representations of phenomena consist of descriptions of their inherent nature, their spatial form and location, and their characteristics or properties.
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Geographical feature