aber AB-er ait AYT alluvium ah-LOO-vee-um anabranch AN-uh-branch anadromous  ah-NAD-roh-mus anchor ice ANG-ker ICE aufeis OWF-ice

backland BAK-land backwater BAK-waw-ter bankside BANK-side bar BAR bayou BY-oo or BY-oh beck BEK billabong BIL-uh-bong boil BOYL boof BOOF bosque BOS-kay boulder garden BOHL-dur GAR-den braided river BRAY-did RIV-ur breakup BRAYK-up brook BRUUK burn BURN

caddisfly KAD-is-fly catadromous kah-TAD-roh-mus cataract KAT-uh-rakt CFS see-eff-ess chadar CHAH-dar cloudburst KLOWD-burst clough KLUF confluence KON-floo-ence cottonwood KOT-un-wuud coulee KOO-lee cut bank KUT BANGK

damselfly DAM-zul-fly dead drift DED DRIFT delta DEL-tuh desert willow DEZ-urt WIL-oh dipper DIP-er driftwood DRIFT-wuud

eddy ED-ee eddy line ED-ee LYNE ephemeral stream eh-FEM-er-ul esker ESS-ker estuary ES-choo-ehr-ee

fall line FAWL LYNE feeding lane FEE-ding LAYN ferry FEHR-ee flash flood FLASH fluhd floodplain FLUHD-playn flume FLOOM force FORS ford FORD freestone FREE-stohn freeze-up FREEZ-uhp freshet FRESH-it

glide GLYDE gooseneck GOOS-nek gorge GORJ gradient GRAY-dee-uhnt green water GREEN WAH-ter

hatch HACH haystack HAY-stak headwaters HED-wah-terz hole HOHL horizon line huh-RYE-zuhn lyne hydraulic hy-DRAW-lik hydronym HY-druh-nim

jökulhlaup YUR-kul-loip

kawaakari kah-wah-ah-KAH-ree

lahar LAH-har laminar LAM-ih-nar lie LYE linn LIN

mayfly MAY-fly meander mee-AN-der merganser mer-GAN-ser

otter OT-er oued WED outwash OWT-wahsh oxbow AHKS-boh

pillow PIL-oh pocket water POK-it WAW-ter point bar POINT bar pool POOL portage POR-tij pothole POT-hohl pourover POOR-oh-ver pucker PUK-er purl PURL

redd RED riffle RIF-uhl riparian rih-PAIR-ee-un rise RYZE rock flour ROK flow-er run RUN (water) runnel RUH-nuhl

salmon SAM-un seam SEEM sieve SIV slough smolt SMOLT spate SPAYT spawn SPAWN spraint SPRAYNT stonefly STOHN-fly strainer STRAY-ner strath STRATH structure STRUK-cher

tailout TAYL-owt tailwater TAYL-wah-ter tamarisk TAM-uh-risk thalweg TAHL-veg tidal bore TY-dul BOR tongue TUHNG

undercut bank UHN-der-kut bank

wagtail WAG-tayl water strider WAW-ter STRY-der water-meadow WAW-ter MED-oh watershed WAH-ter-shed wave train WAYV trayn weir WEER whitewater WYTE-wah-ter winterbourne WIN-ter-born