A landscape is a natural environment that includes landforms, vegetation, and bodies of water. It can be seen from an OUTLOOK, which is a view or perspective, and is often found in the COUNTRYSIDE. LAND is a term used to describe the surface of the earth, and the SETTING of a landscape is the physical environment in which it is located. A VISTA is a distant view, and a SCENE is a view of a particular place. TERRAIN is the physical features of a landscape, such as hills, valleys, and rivers, and SCENERY is the visible features of a landscape. A PANORAMA is a wide-angle view of a landscape, and paysage is a French term for a landscape.