The land and water features listed below are found on the “Geography Terms” infographic.
Term | Description | Korean |
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archipelago | A group of islands. | 군도 |
atoll | A type of island consisting of a ribbon reef… | 환초 |
basin | An area of land from which water drains into a common outlet… | 유역 |
bay | A body of water (especially the sea) more-or-less three-quarters surrounded by land. | 만 |
beach | The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly. | 해변 |
butte | An isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top. | 「없음」 |
canyon | A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river. | 협곡 |
cape | A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake… | 곶 |
cave | A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside. | 동굴 |
channel | A narrow body of water between two land masses. | 해협 |
cliff | A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face. | 절벽 |
coast | The edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large lake. | 연안 |
delta | A landform at the mouth of a river where it empties into a body of water. | 「없음」 |
desert | A barren area of land or desolate terrain…a wasteland. | 사막 |
dune | A ridge or hill of sand piled up by currents of wind or water. | 사구 |
fjord | A long, narrow, deep inlet between cliffs. | 피오르 |
forest | A dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods. | 숲 |
geyser | A boiling natural spring which throws forth jets of water, mud… | 간헐천 |
glacier | A large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill. | 빙하 |
gulf | A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially landlocked sea. | 만 |
hill | An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain. | 언덕 |
iceberg | A huge mass of ocean-floating ice which has broken off a glacier or ice shelf. | 빙산 |
island | A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water. | 섬 |
isthmus | A narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, and connecting two larger landmasses. | 지협 |
jungle | A large, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region… | 밀림 |
lagoon | A shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar. | 석호 |
lake | A large, landlocked stretch of water or similar liquid. | 호수 |
marsh | An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass. | 늪 |
mesa | Flat area of land or plateau higher than other land, with one or more clifflike edges. | 메사 |
mountain | An elevation of land of considerable dimensions rising more or less abruptly… | 산 |
oasis | A spring of fresh water, surrounded by a fertile region of vegetation, in a desert. | 오아시스 |
ocean | One of the large bodies of water separating the continents. | 바다 |
peninsula | A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass. | 반도 |
plain | An expanse of land with relatively low relief and few trees, especially a grassy expanse. | 평지 |
plateau | A largely level expanse of land at a high elevation; tableland. | 고원 |
prairie | An extensive area of relatively flat grassland with few, if any, trees, especially in North America. | 프레리 |
rainforest | A forest in a climate with high annual rainfall and no dry season. | 우림 |
river | A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass… | 강 |
sea | A large body of salt water. | 바다 |
sound | A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island… | 「없음」 |
strait | A narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water. | 해협 |
swamp | A piece of wet, spongy land; low ground saturated with water; soft, wet ground… | 늪 |
tundra | A flat and treeless Arctic biome. | 툰드라 |
valley | An elongated depression cast between hills or mountains… | 골짜기 |
volcano | A vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber… | 화산 |
waterfall | A flow of water over the edge of a cliff. | 폭포 |