Abiogenous landscape

landscape formed without significant influence of living matter. It is conditionally agreed (as all earth surface is pierced to some extent by evidences of life) to rank among A.l. the landscapes of a central part of the Antarctic Continent, the Greenland ice board, the highest peaks of the Himalayas, lava lakes, etc. A.l. is contrasted with biogenic landscapes formed under the influence of living organisms.