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Land was nominated as a Geography and places good article, but it did not meet the good article criteria at the time (May 1, 2023, reviewed version). There are suggestions on the review page for improving the article. If you can improve it, please do; it may then be renominated.

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Section sizes

Section size for Land (38 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	3,476	3,476	415	415
Definition	1,800	1,800	66	66
Etymology	3,570	3,570	150	150
Physical science	376	33,222	53	1,495
Formation	12,170	12,170	389	389
Landmasses	2,080	2,080	106	106
Terrain	7,142	7,142	378	378
Geomorphology	8,625	8,625	320	320
Climate	2,829	2,829	249	249
Features	742	16,502	44	958
Coasts and islands	7,085	7,085	474	474
Mountains and plateaus	3,697	3,697	220	220
Plains and valleys	2,989	2,989	135	135
Caves and craters	1,989	1,989	85	85
Layers	761	20,300	68	849
Land cover	2,919	2,919	155	155
Soil	11,117	11,117	331	331
Continental crust	5,503	5,503	295	295
Life science	447	11,028	47	280
Land biomes	7,719	7,719	103	103
Fauna and flora	2,862	2,862	130	130
Humans and land	1,079	32,570	68	1,900
Culture	8,141	8,141	482	482
Travel	4,828	4,828	247	247
Trade	3,175	3,175	204	204
Land use	7,542	7,542	432	432
Law	2,277	2,277	207	207
Geopolitics	5,528	5,528	260	260
Environmental issues	3,594	19,307	199	930
Soil degradation	4,681	4,681	220	220
Pollution	4,104	4,104	165	165
Biodiversity loss	4,885	4,885	225	225
Resource depletion	2,043	2,043	121	121
Gallery	817	817	47	47
See also	52	52	0	0
Notes	26	26	0	0
Sources	388	388	0	0
References	243	243	0	0
Total	143,301	143,301	7,090	7,090

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