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[SUMMARY] This document discusses the theory of etchplanation and its application to studies of landforms in hot and humid tropical regions. It presents etchplanation theory as a theoretical and methodological framework, emphasizing the role of chemical weathering and soil transformation systems. The originality of etchplanation theory is that it considers geochemical and pedogenic processes as the main mechanisms of landform morphogenesis and smoothing in these regions.