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| the water held under the earth's surface often in and around the pores of rock |
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| an area of water bordering on, and lying within, a curved coastline; usually larger than a bay and smaller that a sea; sometimes nearly surrounded by land |
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| a sheltered body of water where ships anchor and are protected from storms |
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| a small opening between a small and a larger body of water |
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| land watered by artificial means through the use of small canals, ditches or sprinkler systems |
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| a narrow piece of land joining two larger bodies of land, or joining a peninsula with a mainland |
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| a pool of shallow water connected to the sea by an inlet |
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| a wind-blown silt and clay sediment that produces very fertile soil |
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| an area of low, wet, poorly drained land (usually saltwater) |
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| a cold, dry wind from the north |
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| a seasonal wind that often brings heavy rain and flooding, especially in South Asia from June through September |
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| a fertile spot in a desert watered by underground springs or by irrigation |
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| the dry, unpopulated inland region of Australia |
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| an opening through hills or mountains used as a route for highways and railroads |
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| a piece of land nearly surrounded by water and attached to a larger area of land or the mainland by an isthmus |
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| a nearly level area of land usually of considerable size |
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| a large level, or nearly level area of elevated land |
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| a forest located in the tropical zone with a heavy concentration of different species of broadleaf plants, birds and animals |
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| the land on the leeward side of mountains that gets little rain from the descending dry air |
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| a series of rocks or coral in a body of water, the tops of which are slightly beneath, or at the surface |
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| a long, narrow, conspicuous elevation of land |
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| a long, thin valley created by the moving apart of the continental plates, present in East Africa |
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| a chain of volcanoes that lines the pacific rim |
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| rainfall not absorbed by the soil that carries silt and harmful chemicals into streams and rivers |
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