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A landscape comprises the visible features of an area of land, including physical elements such as Landform s, living elements of flora and fauna, abstract elements such as lighting and weather conditions, and human elements, for instance human activity or the Built Environment . Landscape may also signify the objects around one in a building. ETYMOLOGY The word landscape comes from the Dutch word ''landschap'', from ''land'' (patch or area that comes from the Basquish word ''landa'' meaning labored earth) and the suffix ''-schap'', corresponding to the English suffix "-ship". ''Landscape'', first recorded in 1598, was borrowed as a painters' term from Dutch during the 16th century, when Dutch artists were on the verge of becoming masters of the landscape genre. The Dutch word ''landschap'' had earlier meant simply “region, tract of land” but had acquired the artistic sense, which it brought over into English, of “a picture depicting scenery on land.” 34 years pass after the first recorded use of landscape in English before the word is used of a view or vista of natural scenery. This delay suggests that people were first introduced to landscapes in paintings and then landscapes in real life. Landship? USES Specific uses of landscape include: landscape, with its 24 human-made structures, ornate rose gardens and luxuriant preserved vegetation — in the middle of one of the world's most expensive and intensive Real Estate development areas near downtown Oceanside in Southern California — is a paradigm of '' Landscape Equilibrium '' between the development of a Built Environment and the conservation of the Natural Environment , since the early 20th century and into the 21st century.]] Custom Landscaped Yards And Water Gardens , along with Gardening websites and Garden design is big business with more people having their outside spaces professionally designed and landscaped. Along with trees, plants and landscaped lawns many gardens and backyards now boast their own pond and water garden area. Once people have a pond or Japanese water garden then the next thing they feel is missing is a garden bridge garden trellis or some other center piece to their new landscaped garden area - but it can't be just any old bridge or décor item. Custom built and hand crafted bridges are the latest thing for beautiful, up market gardens. If you scour the internet you will find no lack of companies offering custom built garden bridges. The most popular of these websites appear to build them from Cedar and sometimes Redwood. reference: http://www.redwoodbridges.com
In some Nordic countries a ''landskap'', translated as landscape, is or was an administrative unit:
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