acequia  ah-SEH-kee-ah acre-foot adobe ah-DOH-bee agave uh-GAH-vay aguaje ah-GWAH-hay alcove AL-kohv alkali flat AL-kuh-lye flat angle of repose ANG-gul uhv rih-POHZ antlion ANT-lye-un armadillo ar-muh-DIL-oh arroyo ah-ROY-oh

badlands BAD-landz bajada bah-HAH-duh balanced rock BAL-unst ROK barchan bar-KAHN barranca bah-RAHN-kah basin and range BAY-sin und RAYNJ bentonite BEN-toh-nite blowout BLOH-owt bolson bohl-SOHN bornhardt BORN-hart bosque BOS-kay box canyon BOKS KAN-yun breaks BRAYKS brickfielder BRIK-feel-der brittlebush BRIT-ul-bush butte BYOOT

caatinga kah-TING-gah caliche kah-LEE-chee caprock KAP-rok caracal KAR-uh-kal caracara kar-uh-KAR-uh ceja SAY-hah cerro de trincheras SEH-roh deh trin-CHEH-rahs chamise shuh-MEEZ chaparral shap-ah-RAL charco CHAR-koh check dam CHEK DAM cistern SIS-tern ciénega see-EN-eh-gah cliffrose KLIF-rohz coati koh-AH-tee cochineal kotch-uh-NEEL coromell kor-oh-MEL cottonwood KOT-un-wuud creosote KREE-uh-soht cryptobiotic krip-toh-by-OT-ik cryptobiotic crust krip-toh-by-OT-ik cuesta KWES-tuh

dead man’s foot DED MANZ FUUT deflation dee-FLAY-shun desert DEZ-ert desert pavement DEZ-urt PAYV-munt desert varnish DEZ-urt VAR-nish desert willow DEZ-urt WIL-oh dreikanter DRY-kan-ter drift fence DRIFT FENS dry fall DRY FAWL dugway DUG-way duin DOYN duricrust DOOR-ih-krust dust bath DUST BATH dust devil DUST DEV-ul

ephemeral stream eh-FEM-er-ul erg URG estivation ESS-tih-VAY-shun

fennec FEN-ek fin FIN firebreak FYRE-brayk flash flood FLASH fluhd

geoglyph JEE-oh-glif gibber GIB-er goatheads GOHT-hedz gooseneck GOOS-nek granary GRAN-uh-ree gulch GUHLCH

haboob hah-BOOB hamada hah-MAH-dah hardpan HARD-pan harmattan har-mah-TAN haze-fire HAYZE-fire hoodoo HOO-doo hueco WAY-koh

inselberg IN-sel-berg intaglio in-TAL-yoh

jaguar JAG-wahr javelina hah-vuh-LEE-nuh

khamsin kahm-SEEN kit fox KIT FOKS kiva KEE-vah

llano YAH-noh loo LOO

malpais mal-pie-EES manzanita man-zuh-NEE-tuh mesa MAY-sah metate meh-TAH-teh mirage mih-RAZH Moqui marble MO-kee

oasis oh-AY-sis ocelot OS-uh-lot ochre OH-ker ocotillo oh-koh-TEE-yoh oued WED

palo verde PAH-loh VAIR-day peccary PEK-uh-ree pediment PED-ih-ment picacho pee-KAH-choh pinyon PIN-yun playa PLY-ah pogonip POG-uh-nip pothole POT-hohl pronghorn PRONG-horn puna POO-nah

quicksand KWIK-sand

rain shadow RAIN SHAD-oh ramada rah-MAH-dah ramadero rah-mah-DEHR-oh reg REG rincón rin-KOHN

sabkha SUB-kah sagebrush SAYJ-brush saiga SY-guh salina suh-LEE-nuh saltpan SAWLT-pan Santa Ana  SAN-tah AH-nah seep SEEP seif SAFE serir seh-REER sertao ser-TOWN sienna see-EN-uh simoom sih-MOOM sirocco sih-ROK-oh slickrock SLIK-rok slot canyon SLOT KAN-yuhn smoke tree SMOHK TREE soda lake SOH-duh LAYK sotol SOH-tol star dune STAR doon

tafoni tuh-FOH-nee tamarisk TAM-uh-risk tiger beetle TY-ger BEE-tul tinaja tee-NAH-hah tufa TOO-fuh

umber UM-ber

vega VAY-gah ventifact VEN-tih-fakt virga VUR-guh vlei FLAY volcanic neck vol-KAN-ik NEK

wadi WAH-dee wash WAHSH waterpocket WAH-ter-pahk-it whaleback WAYL-bak willy-willy WIL-ee-WIL-ee

yardang YAR-dang yucca YUK-uh