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A
aber
AB-er
altiplano
al-tee-PLAH-noh
anabranch
AN-uh-branch
aspect
AS-pekt
B
backcountry
BAK-kun-tree
backland
BAK-land
badlands
BAD-landz
balanced rock
BAL-unst ROK
barranca
bah-RAHN-kah
basin and range
BAY-sin und RAYNJ
bealach
BYAH-luhkh
berg
BAIRG
Beringia
beh-RIN-jee-uh
berm
BURM
bog
BOG
boglach
BOG-lahk
bolson
bohl-SOHN
box canyon
BOKS KAN-yun
brae
BRAY
breaks
BRAYKS
breunlach
BRAYN-lahk
burrow
BUR-oh
C
claypan
KLAY-pan
cleugh
KLOOKH
cliffrose
KLIF-rohz
clough
KLUF
corduroy
KOR-duh-roy
corpse road
KORPS ROHD
crag
KRAG
creep
KREEP
D
dell
DEL
desert
DEZ-ert
desire line
dih-ZYRE LYNE
donga
DONG-ah
drove road
DROHV ROHD
dugway
DUG-way
duin
DOYN
E
earthquake
URTH-kwayk
ecotone
EE-koh-tone
edgelands
EDJ-landz
escarpment
es-KARP-ment
esplanade
ES-plah-nahd
exposure
ex-POH-zhur
F
fall line
FAWL LYNE
fault line
FAWLT lyne
fault scarp
FAWLT SKAHRP
fen
FEN
feng shui
fung SHWAY
fire mosaic
FYRE moh-ZAY-ik
floodplain
FLUHD-playn
frost boil
FROST boyl
frost hollow
FRAWST HAHL-oh
frost line
FRAWST lyne
G
game trail
GAYM trayl
glen
GLEN
gley
GLAY
gorge
GORJ
graben
GRAH-ben
granary
GRAN-uh-ree
grotto
GROT-oh
gulch
GUHLCH
gully
GUHL-ee
gumbo
GUHM-boh
H
hardpan
HARD-pan
hassock
HAS-uhk
hogback
HOG-bak
holloway
HOL-oh-way
horizon
hoh-RY-zun
horst
HORST
hummock
HUM-uk
I
inuksuit
in-OOK-sweet
isthmus
ISS-mus
K
kemonomichi
keh-MOH-noh-mee-chee
kiva
KEE-vah
koppie
KOP-ee
krans
KRAHNS
L
laterite
LAT-er-ite
lee
LEE
loam
LOHM
loch
LOKH
lowveld
LOH-felt
M
machair
MAHK-er
metate
meh-TAH-teh
mineral soil
MIN-er-uhl soyl
mire
MYR
monocline
MON-oh-klyn
moor
MOOR
muskeg
MUS-keg
O
oak opening
OHK OH-puh-ning
P
pan
PAN
parent material
patterned ground
PAT-ernd grownd
peat
PEET
peat hag
PEET hag
piedmont
PEED-mont
pinyon
PIN-yun
poort
POORT
pressure ridge
PRESH-er rij
prostor
prah-STOR
Q
quicksand
KWIK-sand
R
regolith
REG-oh-lith
rift
RIFT
rimrock
RIM-rok
rincón
rin-KOHN
riprap
RIP-rap
S
sarsen
SAR-sen
savanna
sah-VAN-ah
scarp
SKARP
scaur
SKOR
scree
SKREE
seep
SEEP
selvedge
SEL-vij
shanshui
shahn-SHWAY
sidecountry
SYDE kuhn-tree
sillion
SIL-ee-un
slough
soil
SOYL
stamp
STAMP
steppe
STEP
strath
STRATH
swale
SWAYL
T
tafoni
tuh-FOH-nee
taiga
TY-gah
talus
TAL-us
temblor
tem-BLOR
tussock
TUS-uk
U
uplift
UHP-lift
V
veld
FELT
vernal pool
VUR-nul
W
wash
WAHSH
watershed
WAH-ter-shed
winterbourne
WIN-ter-born
wonty-tump
WON-tee-TUMP
wood-pasture
WOOD-pas-cher
Y
yedoma
yuh-DOH-muh