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199 words in terrain
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
A
aber
AB-er
altiplano
al-tee-PLAH-noh
anabranch
AN-uh-branch
aspect
AS-pekt
B
backcountry
BAK-kun-tree
backland
BAK-land
badlands
BAD-landz
balanced rock
BAL-unst ROK
barranca
bah-RAHN-kah
basin and range
BAY-sin und RAYNJ
bealach
BYAH-luhkh
beck
BEK
ben
BEN
berg
BAIRG
Beringia
beh-RIN-jee-uh
berm
BURM
billabong
BIL-uh-bong
bog
BOG
boglach
BOG-lahk
bolson
bohl-SOHN
bornhardt
BORN-hart
bosk
BOSK
box canyon
BOKS KAN-yun
bracken
BRAK-un
brae
BRAY
breaks
BRAYKS
breccia
BRECH-ee-uh
breunlach
BRAYN-lahk
brickfielder
BRIK-feel-der
burrow
BUR-oh
C
cataract
KAT-uh-rakt
ceja
SAY-hah
chenier
shen-YAIR
clachan
KLAKH-un
claypan
KLAY-pan
cleugh
KLOOKH
cliffrose
KLIF-rohz
clough
KLUF
col
KOL
coomb
KOOM
corduroy
KOR-duh-roy
corpse road
KORPS ROHD
coulee
KOO-lee
crag
KRAG
creep
KREEP
cuesta
KWES-tuh
D
deadfall
DED-fawl
dell
DEL
desert
DEZ-ert
desire line
dih-ZYRE LYNE
diatreme
DY-uh-treem
donga
DONG-ah
drove road
DROHV ROHD
dugway
DUG-way
duin
DOYN
dun
DUN
E
earthquake
URTH-kwayk
ecotone
EE-koh-tone
edaphic
ih-DAF-ik
edgelands
EDJ-landz
escarpment
es-KARP-ment
esplanade
ES-plah-nahd
exfoliate
eks-FOH-lee-ate
exposure
ex-POH-zhur
F
fall line
FAWL LYNE
fault line
FAWLT lyne
fault scarp
FAWLT SKAHRP
fen
FEN
feng shui
fung SHWAY
fin
FIN
fire mosaic
FYRE moh-ZAY-ik
fjard
FYARD
fjeld
FYELD
floodplain
FLUHD-playn
flowstone
FLOH-stohn
fluting
FLOO-ting
frost boil
FROST boyl
frost hollow
FRAWST HAHL-oh
frost line
FRAWST lyne
G
gaat
GAHT
game trail
GAYM trayl
glade
GLAYD
glen
GLEN
gley
GLAY
gorge
GORJ
graben
GRAH-ben
granary
GRAN-uh-ree
grotto
GROT-oh
gulch
GUHLCH
gully
GUHL-ee
gumbo
GUHM-boh
guyot
GEE-oh
H
hardpan
HARD-pan
hassock
HAS-uhk
hogback
HOG-bak
holloway
HOL-oh-way
horizon
hoh-RY-zun
horst
HORST
hummock
HUM-uk
I
ice lens
ICE LENZ
inuksuit
in-OOK-sweet
inversion
in-VUR-zhun
isthmus
ISS-mus
K
kemonomichi
keh-MOH-noh-mee-chee
kiva
KEE-vah
knoll
NOHL
koppie
KOP-ee
krans
KRAHNS
L
lagoon
luh-GOON
laterite
LAT-er-ite
lava tree
LAH-vuh TREE
lee
LEE
llano
YAH-noh
loam
LOHM
loch
LOKH
lowveld
LOH-felt
M
machair
MAHK-er
metate
meh-TAH-teh
mineral soil
MIN-er-uhl soyl
mire
MYR
monocline
MON-oh-klyn
moor
MOOR
morass
muh-RAS
muskeg
MUS-keg
O
oak opening
OHK OH-puh-ning
oronym
OR-uh-nim
oued
WED
overstory
OH-ver-stor-ee
P
pampa
PAM-puh
pan
PAN
parent material
patterned ground
PAT-ernd grownd
peat
PEET
peat hag
PEET hag
piedmont
PEED-mont
pinyon
PIN-yun
poort
POORT
pressure ridge
PRESH-er rij
prostor
prah-STOR
pug
PUG
Q
quagmire
KWAG-mire
quaking bog
KWAY-king BOG
quicksand
KWIK-sand
R
regolith
REG-oh-lith
rift
RIFT
rimrock
RIM-rok
rincón
rin-KOHN
riprap
RIP-rap
S
saltpan
SAWLT-pan
sarsen
SAR-sen
savanna
sah-VAN-ah
scarp
SKARP
scaur
SKOR
scree
SKREE
scrub
SKRUB
seep
SEEP
selvedge
SEL-vij
sere
SEER
shanshui
shahn-SHWAY
shingle
SHING-gul
sidecountry
SYDE kuhn-tree
sillion
SIL-ee-un
sinkhole
SINK-hohl
slack
SLAK
slickenside
SLIK-un-side
slough
snickelway
SNIK-ul-way
soil
SOYL
spit
SPIT
stamp
STAMP
steppe
STEP
storm beach
STORM BEECH
strath
STRATH
sunken lane
SUNG-kun LAYN
swale
SWAYL
T
tafoni
tuh-FOH-nee
taiga
TY-gah
talus
TAL-us
tautological place name
temblor
tem-BLOR
thicket
THIK-it
tor
TOR
tumulus
TOO-myoo-lus
turbidite
TUR-bih-dite
tussock
TUS-uk
U
uplift
UHP-lift
V
vadose
VAY-dohs
varve
VARV
veld
FELT
veldt
VELT
vernal pool
VUR-nul
volcanic neck
vol-KAN-ik NEK
W
wash
WAHSH
watershed
WAH-ter-shed
whaleback
WAYL-bak
winterbourne
WIN-ter-born
wonty-tump
WON-tee-TUMP
wood-pasture
WOOD-pas-cher
Y
yedoma
yuh-DOH-muh