Types of Geography
| alp |
archipelago |
arroyo |
| avalanche area |
badlands |
bank |
| barrier island |
barrier reef |
basin |
| bay |
bayou |
beach |
| bluff |
bog |
bowl |
| box canyon |
brook |
brush |
| bush |
butte |
caldera |
| canal |
canyon |
cape |
| cave |
cavern |
channel |
| chasm |
chimney |
clearing |
| cliff |
coast |
coastal plain |
| coastline |
continental shelf |
cove |
| crag |
crater |
creek |
| crest |
crevasse |
crevice |
| dale |
dell |
delta |
| depression |
desert |
draw |
| drift |
dune |
everglade |
| falls |
field |
fissure |
| fjord |
floating island |
flood plain |
| foothills |
ford |
forest |
| fork |
fountainhead |
gap |
| geyser |
glacier |
glade |
| glen |
gorge |
grassland |
| grotto |
grove |
gulch |
| gulf |
gully |
headland |
| headwaters |
hedge |
high seas |
| hill |
hillside |
hilltop |
| hollow |
ice cliff |
ice face |
| ice field |
iceberg |
icefall |
| inlet |
island |
islets |
| isthmus |
jungle |
knoll |
| lagoon |
lake |
ledge |
| mainland |
marsh |
meadow |
| mesa |
mire |
moor |
| moraine |
mound |
mountain mass |
| mountain peak |
mountain range |
mountain slope |
| mud flat |
narrows |
neck |
| oasis |
ocean |
orchard |
| overhang |
overlook |
pampas |
| park |
pass |
peak |
| peninsula |
pike |
pinnacle |
| pit |
plain |
plateau |
| point |
pond |
pool |
| prairie |
precipice |
promontory |
| puddle |
quicksand |
rain forest |
| range |
rapids |
ravine |
| reef |
reservoir |
ridge |
| rift |
rise |
river bed |
| river mouth |
riverbank |
riverside |
| rivulet |
salt lake |
sand bar |
| sand dune |
sandbank |
sandbar |
| scrub |
sea cliff |
seashore |
| shallows |
shore |
shoreline |
| sinkhole |
snow |
snowfield |
| spring |
stand |
strait |
| stream |
summit |
surf |
| swamp |
tableland |
tar pit |
| thicket |
tidal basin |
tidal marsh |
| tide pool |
timberland |
tower |
| trench |
tributary |
tundra |
| underbrush |
vale |
valley |
| vista |
volcano |
water hole |
| waterfall |
waterfront |
waterspout |
| wetlands |
whirlpool |
white water |
| woodland |
woods |
Picture Credits
Original bunny climbing rope picture by Paige Miglio (copyright 2000 ©) from One More Bunny authored by Rick Walton.
Original purple monster picture by Renee Williams-Andriani (copyright 1998 ©) from Really, Really Bad School Jokes authored by Rick Walton.
Original bullfrog seated picture by Chris McAllister (copyright 1999 ©) from Bullfrog Pops! authored by Rick Walton.
Electronic modifications by Ann Walton.
(from Rick Walton's Stuff for Teachers and Librarians)
Last updated: October 25, 2002
