| inlet | | flat-topped mountain with steep sides |
| peninsula | | triangle-shaped area of land at the mouth of a river |
| plain | | the level of the surface of an ocean or a sea |
| basin | | body of shallow water |
| tributary | | dry land with few plants |
| volcano | | large waterfall |
| mountain pass | | top of a mountain |
| source of river | | area of flat land along a sea or ocean |
| fall line | | body of salt water larger than a sea |
| riverbank | | narrow strip of land connecting two larger areas of land |
| mesa | | deep, narrow valley with steep sides |
| sea level | | lowland with moist soil and tall grasses |
| canyon | | body of water with land on all sides |
| oasis | | deepest part of a body of water |
| delta | | highest kind of land |
| floodplain | | low land between hills or mountains |
| valley | | large ice mass that moves slowly down a mountain or across land |
| timberline | | steep drop from a high place to a lower place in a stream or river |
| channel | | land that rises above the land around it |
| bay | | high, steep face of rock or earth |
| coast | | flat land that is near the edges of a river and is formed by silt deposited by floods |
| plateau | | bowl-shaped area of land surrounded by higher land |
| waterfall | | body of salt water smaller than an ocean |
| peak | | point of land that extends into water |
| dune | | area of water and fertile land in a desert |
| sea | | stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river |
| coastal plain | | narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water |
| reef | | high, steep face of rock or earth |
| cliff | | ridge of sand, rock, or coral that lies at or near the surface of a sea or ocean |
| mountain range | | area of flat or gently rolling low land |
| bluff | | opening in the earth, often raised, through which lava, rock, ashes, and gases are forced out |
| lagoon | | hill of sand piled up by the wind |
| desert | | area along which rivers form waterfalls or rapids as the rivers drop to lower land |
| lake | | area of high, mostly flat land |
| cape | | land that is almost completely surrounded by water |
| cataract | | any area of water extending into the land from a larger body of water |
| marsh | | place where a river begins |
| strait | | an inlet of the sea or some other body of water, usually smaller than a gulf |
| ocean | | row of mountains |
| isthmus | | line on a mountain above which it is too cold for trees to grow |
| mountain | | land along a sea or ocean |
| river | | part of a sea or ocean extending into the land, usually larger than a bay |
| gulf | | large stream of water that flows across the land |
| swamp | | land along a river |
| mouth of river | | gap between mountains |
| savanna | | hilly area at the base of a mountain |
| slope | | area of grassland and scattered trees |
| hill | | area of low, wet land with trees |
| island | | place where a river empties into another body of water |
| foothills | | land that has water on all sides |
| glacier | | side of a hill or mountain |