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<p>Biogeomorphology and ecogeomorphology are the study of interactions between <a href="/facts/Organisms/j8JkL09u">organisms</a> and the development of <a href="/facts/Landforms/eI0tkDYB">landforms</a>, and are thus fields of study within <a href="/facts/Geomorphology/MDf2I2h5">geomorphology</a> and <a href="/facts/Ichnology/kaucgzNj">ichnology</a>. Organisms affect geomorphic processes in a variety of ways. For example, <a href="/facts/Tree/HVVn3srN">trees</a> can reduce <a href="/facts/Landslide/sXSzA31e">landslide</a> potential where their <a href="/facts/Root/x2U60Gdm">roots</a> penetrate to underlying <a href="/facts/Rock_(geology)/FXCJkmop">rock</a>, <a href="/facts/Plant/X5BMDMvS">plants</a> and their <a href="/facts/Plant_litter/Y0aJpt4P">litter</a> inhibit <a href="/facts/Soil_erosion/pbwuyY5H">soil erosion</a>, <a href="/facts/Biochemical/fa2pWEBp">biochemicals</a> produced by plants accelerate the chemical <a href="/facts/Weathering/uSYGlv0H">weathering</a> of <a href="/facts/Bedrock/mn9WCgtX">bedrock</a> and <a href="/facts/Regolith/EdXuHK56">regolith</a>, and <a href="/facts/Marine_(ocean)/8W8lYgjD">marine</a> <a href="/facts/Animal/4b8J33nd">animals</a> cause the <a href="/facts/Bioerosion/Rkj1tV62">bioerosion</a> of <a href="/facts/Coral/j7fBLrpw">coral</a>. The study of the interactions between marine biota and coastal landform processes is called <a href="/facts/Coastal_biogeomorphology/B9H0p5Cg">coastal biogeomorphology</a>. </p><p><a href="/facts/Phytogeomorphology/tElPmP0W">Phytogeomorphology</a> is an aspect of biogeomorphology that deals with the narrower subject of how terrain affects plant growth. In recent years a large number of articles have appeared in the literature dealing with how terrain attributes affect crop growth and yield in farm fields, and while they don't use the term phytogeomorphology the dependencies are the same. <a href="/facts/Precision_agriculture/gFFSu5tB">Precision agriculture</a> models where crop variability is at least partially defined by terrain attributes can be considered as <a href="/facts/Phytogeomorphology/tElPmP0W">phytogeomorphological</a> precision agriculture. </p>