Land Formations

TanMG (Australia)
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  1. trough
    a long narrow shallow receptacle
  2. ravine
    a deep narrow steep-sided valley
  3. gully
    a deep ditch cut by running water
  4. draw
    cause to move by pulling
  5. arroyo
    a stream or brook
  6. wadi
    a gully that remains dry except during the rainy season
  7. vale
    a valley
  8. valley
    a long depression in the surface of the land
  9. ravine
    a deep narrow steep-sided valley
  10. canyon
    a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall
  11. gorge
    a deep ravine, usually with a river running through it
  12. gulch
    a narrow gorge or ravine cut by a stream
  13. flume
    a narrow gorge with a stream running through it
  14. dale
    an open valley in a hilly area
  15. saddleback
    a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks
  16. mesa
    flat tableland with steep edges
  17. badlands
    deeply eroded barren land
  18. escarpment
    a long steep slope at the edge of a plateau or ridge
  19. hollow
    not solid; having a space or gap or cavity
  20. dell
    a small wooded hollow
  21. glacier
    a slowly moving mass of ice
  22. scree
    a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff
  23. butte
    a hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region
  24. marsh
    low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation
  25. bayou
    a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake
  26. loess
    a fine accumulation of clay and silt deposited by the wind
  27. ridge
    a long narrow natural elevation or striation
  28. berm
    a narrow ledge at the top or bottom of a slope
  29. isthmus
    a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas
  30. delta
    the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet
  31. peninsula
    a large mass of land projecting into a body of water
  32. hummock
    a small natural mound
  33. knoll
    a small natural mound
  34. formicary
    a mound of earth made by ants as they dig their nest
  35. arete
    a sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains
  36. basin
    a bowl-shaped vessel used for holding food or liquids
  37. saltpan
    a shallow basin in a desert region
  38. cirque
    a bowl-shaped mountain basin formed by glacier erosion
  39. corrie
    a bowl-shaped mountain basin formed by glacier erosion
  40. trench
    any long ditch cut in the ground
  41. versant
    the side or slope of a mountain
  42. scarp
    a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion
  43. crag
    a steep rugged rock or cliff
  44. precipice
    a very steep cliff
  45. crevice
    a long narrow opening
  46. fissure
    a long narrow depression in a surface
  47. crevasse
    a deep fissure
  48. rift
    a narrow fissure in rock
  49. vent
    a hole for the escape of gas, air, or liquid
  50. rill
    a small stream
  51. rivulet
    a small stream
  52. runnel
    a small stream
  53. ubiquity
    the state of being everywhere at once
  54. promontory
    a natural elevation
  55. headland
    a natural elevation
  56. foreland
    a natural elevation
  57. tor
    a prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill
  58. sandbank
    a submerged bank of sand near a shore or in a river
  59. shoal
    a stretch of shallow water
  60. heath
    a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae
  61. moorland
    open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss
  62. moor
    come into or dock at a wharf
  63. defile
    make dirty or spotty
  64. subsume
    contain or include
  65. swale
    a low-lying area, especially a marshy area between ridges
Created on Sun May 05 21:32:29 EDT 2013 (updated Fri May 10 02:19:49 EDT 2013)

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