A flat stand, as for a centerpiece, sometimes extending the full length of a table.

A stream that flows to a larger stream or other body of water.

A GORGE OR VAVINE, ESPECIALLY IN NORTH AMERICA, USUALLY FORMED BY THE DOWN CUTTING OF A RIVER.

A natural elevation of the earth's surface, smaller than a mountain.

An elongated depression between uplands, hills, or mountains, especially one following the course of a stream.

AN EXTENDED MASS OF ICE FORMED FROM SNOW FALLING AND ACCUMULATING OVER THE YEARS AND MOVING VERY SLOWLY, EITHER DESCENDING FROM HIGH MOUNTAINS, AS IN VALLEY GLACIERS, OR MOVING OUTWARD FROM CENTERS OF ACCUMULATION, AS IN CONTINENTAL GLACIERS.

A series of mountains, or of more or less parallel lines of mountains, closely related, as in origin.

A long, narrow arm of the sea bordered by steep cliffs: usually formed by glacial erosion.

A natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels.

A part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.

A high steep face of a rock.

a body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.

a body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.

A ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.

A body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land.

A usually triangular mass of sediment, especially silt and sand, deposited at the mouth of a river. Deltas form when a river flows into a body of standing water, such as a sea or lake, and deposits large quantities of sediment. They are usually crossed by numerous streams and channels and have exposed as well as submerged areas.

LARGE AREA OF LEVEL OR NEARLY LEVEL LAND.

The salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.

the land next to the sea; seashore: the rocky coast of Maine.

A partially enclosed, sheltered area along a shore, often partly man-made or dredged to a greater depth, where boats may be moored: a yacht basin.

a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.

A narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.

AN AREA OF LAND ALMOST COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY WATER EXCEPT FOR AN ISTHMUS CONNECTING IT WITH THE MAINLAND.

ANY LARGE BODY OF WATER WITH MANY ISLANDS.

narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, connecting two larger bodies of land.

Aportion of an ocean or sea partly enclosed by land.

A SAND HILL OR SAND RIDGE FORMED BY THE WIND, USUALLY IN DESERT REGIONS OR NEAR LAKES AND OCEANS.

A REGION SO ARID BECAUSE OF LITTLE RAINFALL THAT IT SUPPORTS ONLY SPARSE AND WIDELY SPACED VEGETATION OR NO VEGETATION AT ALL: THE SAHARA IS A VAST SANDY DESERT.

A SMALL FERTILE OR GREEN AREA IN A DESERT REGION, USUALLY HAVING A SPRING OR WELL.

A land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.

A part of a stream where it flows into another stream, river, lake, reservoir, sea, or ocean.

THE PLACE FROM WHICH THE WATER IN THE RIVER OR STREAM ORIGINATES

a natural elevation of the earth's surface rising more or less abruptly to a summit, and attaining an altitude greater than that of a hill, usually greater than 2000 feet (610 meters).

A VENT IN THE EARTH'S CRUST THROUGH WHICH LAVA,STEAM,ASHES,ETC.,AREEXPELLED,EITHERCONTINUOUSLY OR AT IRREGULAR INTERVALS.A MOUNTAIN OR HILL, USUALLY HAVING A CUPLIKE CRATER AT THE SUMMIT, FORMED AROUND SUCH A VENT FROM THE ASH AND LAVA EXPELLED THROUGH IT.