aber AB-er abyss ah-BISS abyssopelagic ah-BISS-oh-peh-LAJ-ik accretion ah-KREE-shun acequia  ah-SEH-kee-ah acre-foot aguaje ah-GWAH-hay ait AYT alder-carr AWL-der KAR alluvium ah-LOO-vee-um anabranch AN-uh-branch anadromous  ah-NAD-roh-mus anchor ice ANG-ker ICE anhinga an-HING-guh aniu  AH-nee-oo aquifer AK-wih-fer archipelago ar-kih-PEL-ah-go arroyo ah-ROY-oh artesian ar-TEE-zhun atmospheric river at-mus-FEER-ik RIV-er atoll AT-all or ah-TOLL aufeis OWF-ice avocet AV-uh-set

backland BAK-land backwash BAK-wash backwater BAK-waw-ter bankside BANK-side bar BAR barrier island BAIR-ee-ur EYE-lund bayou BY-oo or BY-oh Beaufort scale  BOH-fert beck BEK benthic BEN-thik bergy seltzer BUR-gee SELT-sur bight BITE billabong BIL-uh-bong bittern BIT-ern blowhole BLOH-hohl bog BOG bog cotton BOG KOT-un boglach BOG-lahk boil BOYL boof BOOF bosque BOS-kay boulder garden BOHL-dur GAR-den braided river BRAY-did RIV-ur breakup BRAYK-up breunlach BRAYN-lahk brine BRINE brook BRUUK burn BURN

caddisfly KAD-is-fly caldera kal-DEHR-ah calving KAV-ing candle ice KAN-dul eyes capybara kap-ih-BAR-uh catadromous kah-TAD-roh-mus cataract KAT-uh-rakt cat’s paw KATS PAW cenote seh-NO-tay CFS see-eff-ess charco CHAR-koh check dam CHEK DAM chine CHYNE cirque SIRK cistern SIS-tern ciénega see-EN-eh-gah close-out KLOHZ-owt cloudburst KLOWD-burst clough KLUF cone of depression KOHN uhv dih-PRESH-un confluence KON-floo-ence coomb KOOM coral reef KOR-ul REEF cormorant KOR-muh-runt corpse candle KORPS KAN-dul cottonwood KOT-un-wuud crane fly KRAYN FLY cryosphere CRY-oh-sfeer currentbum KUR-unt-bum cut bank KUT BANGK

damselfly DAM-zul-fly darner DAR-ner dead drift DED DRIFT delta DEL-tuh dendritic den-DRIT-ik diatom DY-uh-tom dinoflagellate dy-noh-FLAJ-uh-lut dipper DIP-er doldrums DOLE-drums drip tip DRIP TIP dry fall DRY FAWL

ebb EB eddy ED-ee eddy line ED-ee LYNE eelgrass EEL-gras egret EE-gret ensenada en-seh-NAH-dah ephemeral stream eh-FEM-er-ul estuary ES-choo-ehr-ee

fall line FAWL LYNE feeding lane FEE-ding LAYN fen FEN ferry FEHR-ee fetch FETCH finger lake FING-ger layk firth FURTH fjard FYARD fjord FYORD flash flood FLASH fluhd floe FLOH floodplain FLUHD-playn flotsam FLOT-sum flowstone FLOH-stohn flume FLOOM fog drip FAWG drip force FORS ford FORD freestone FREE-stohn freeze-up FREEZ-uhp freshet FRESH-it

gaat GAHT geosmin jee-OZ-min geyser GUY-zer gley GLAY glide GLYDE gooseneck GOOS-nek gorge GORJ gradient GRAY-dee-uhnt green water GREEN WAH-ter grotto GROT-oh gully GUHL-ee

hassock HAS-uhk hatch HACH haystack HAY-stak headwaters HED-wah-terz hole HOHL horizon line huh-RYE-zuhn lyne hueco WAY-koh hummock HUM-uk hydraulic hy-DRAW-lik hydronym HY-druh-nim

ibis EYE-bis ice lens ICE LENZ

jetsam JET-sum jökulhlaup YUR-kul-loip

karst KAHRST kawaakari kah-wah-ah-KAH-ree ke ndse’ keh nd-SEH kettle KET-uhl

lagoon luh-GOON lahar LAH-har laminar LAM-ih-nar lie LYE linn LIN liquefaction lik-wih-FAK-shun loch LOKH lochan LOKH-an loon LOON

maelstrom MAYL-strum maidenhair MAY-dun-hair marine snow muh-REEN SNOH mayfly MAY-fly meander mee-AN-der merganser mer-GAN-ser mire MYR mizzle MIZ-ul monsoon mon-SOON moon pool MOON pool morass muh-RAS moulin moo-LAN murr-ma MURR-mah muskeg MUS-keg mångata  MONG-ah-tah

neap NEEP needle ice NEE-dul eyes nimbus NIM-bus nor’easter nor-EES-ter

oasis oh-AY-sis osprey OS-pray otter OT-er outwash OWT-wahsh oxbow AHKS-boh oystercatcher OY-ster-kach-er

pan PAN peat PEET pillow PIL-oh playa PLY-ah pocket water POK-it WAW-ter pocosin puh-KOH-sun point bar POINT bar polynya puh-LIN-yuh pool POOL portage POR-tij pothole POT-hohl pourover POOR-oh-ver pucker PUK-er pumice PUM-is purl PURL

quagmire KWAG-mire quaking bog KWAY-king BOG quicksand KWIK-sand

rain shaft RAYN shaft ramadero rah-mah-DEHR-oh redd RED riffle RIF-uhl Ring of Fire RING uhv FYE-er riparian rih-PAIR-ee-un rise RYZE roaring forties ROR-ing FOR-teez rock flour ROK flow-er run RUN (water) runnel RUH-nuhl

sabkha SUB-kah salina suh-LEE-nuh saltpan SAWLT-pan sand boil SAND boyl seam SEEM sedge SEJ seep SEEP seiche SAYSH shoal SHOHL siege SEEJ sieve SIV siguliaksraq sig-oo-lee-AK-sraq sinkhole SINK-hohl sinter SIN-ter slack SLAK slackwater SLAK-waw-ter slot canyon SLOT KAN-yuhn slough smolt SMOLT smur SMUR soda lake SOH-duh LAYK sough SUF spate SPAYT spawn SPAWN sphagnum SFAG-num spoonbill SPOON-bil stint STINT stonefly STOHN-fly strainer STRAY-ner structure STRUK-cher subduction sub-DUK-shun subduction zone sub-DUK-shun zohn swale SWAYL swash SWOSH swell SWEL syzygy SIZ-ih-jee

tailout TAYL-owt tailwater TAYL-wah-ter tamarisk TAM-uh-risk tapir TAY-per tarn TARN thalweg TAHL-veg thermocline THUR-muh-kline thermokarst THER-moh-karst tidal bore TY-dul BOR tinaja tee-NAH-hah tongue TUHNG trade winds TRAYD windz trophic cascade TROH-fik kas-KAYD tsunami tsoo-NAH-mee tsuyu TSOO-yoo tufa TOO-fuh tule TOO-lee tule fog TOO-lee FOG turbary TUR-buh-ree

undercut bank UHN-der-kut bank undertow UN-der-toh upwelling UP-wel-ing

vadose VAY-dohs varve VARV vega VAY-gah vernal pool VUR-nul vlei FLAY voe VOH

wadi WAH-dee wagtail WAG-tayl wash WAHSH water strider WAW-ter STRY-der water table WAH-ter TAY-buhl water-meadow WAW-ter MED-oh waterpocket WAH-ter-pahk-it watershed WAH-ter-shed wave train WAYV trayn weir WEER whirligig WUR-lih-gig whirlpool WURL-pool whitewater WYTE-wah-ter wigeon WIJ-un will-o’-the-wisp WIL-uh-thuh-WISP williwaw WILL-ee-waw winterbourne WIN-ter-born witch’s butter WICH-iz BUT-er withies WITH-eez wrack line RAK lyne

yakamoz YAH-kah-moz