Definition of launchpad. : a nonflammable platform from which a rocket, launch vehicle, or guided missile can be launched.
Terrain is defined as the specific physical features of an area of land. An example of terrain is a rocky and jagged coastline. ground or a tract of ground, esp. with regard to its natural or topographical features or fitness for some use.
Landform elements are parts of a high-order landforms that can be further identified and systematically given a cohesive definition such as hill-tops, shoulders, saddles, foreslopes and backslopes. Some generic landform elements including: pits, peaks, channels, ridges, passes, pools and plains. Terrain (or relief) is the third or vertical dimension of land surface. Topography is the study of terrain, although the word is often used as a synonym for relief itself.