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What is a natural landscape?

Landscapes tend to vary in their degree of naturalness. Westhoff, (1970) defines four types:

• a natural landscape is one that is unaffected by human activity



• a sub-natural landscape is one where if human activity was removed it would go back to a normal state



• a semi-natural landscape is one that has been drastically modified by human activity but has some natural elements left intact



• an agricultural landscape is one that has been totally altered and arranged by human activity - very little if any naturalness is left

  Think!
  Which of the terms above best apply to the landscapes below? You might like to discuss your choices in the discussion forum.

  Florence Falls | Ayers Rock | Kakadu Wetlands

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