aber AB-er abyss ah-BISS abyssopelagic ah-BISS-oh-peh-LAJ-ik accretion ah-KREE-shun acequia  ah-SEH-kee-ah acre-foot aguaje ah-GWAH-hay ait AYT alder-carr AWL-der KAR alluvium ah-LOO-vee-um anabranch AN-uh-branch anadromous  ah-NAD-roh-mus anchor ice ANG-ker ICE anhinga an-HING-guh aniu  AH-nee-oo aquifer AK-wih-fer archipelago ar-kih-PEL-ah-go arroyo ah-ROY-oh artesian ar-TEE-zhun atmospheric river at-mus-FEER-ik RIV-er atoll AT-all or ah-TOLL aufeis OWF-ice avocet AV-uh-set

backland BAK-land backwash BAK-wash backwater BAK-waw-ter bar BAR barrier island BAIR-ee-ur EYE-lund bayou BY-oo or BY-oh Beaufort scale  BOH-fert bergy seltzer BUR-gee SELT-sur bight BITE blowhole BLOH-hohl bog BOG boglach BOG-lahk boil BOYL boof BOOF bosque BOS-kay boulder garden BOHL-dur GAR-den braided river BRAY-did RIV-ur breakup BRAYK-up breunlach BRAYN-lahk burn BURN

caldera kal-DEHR-ah calving KAV-ing candle ice KAN-dul eyes catadromous kah-TAD-roh-mus cat’s paw KATS PAW cenote seh-NO-tay CFS see-eff-ess charco CHAR-koh check dam CHEK DAM chine CHYNE cirque SIRK cistern SIS-tern ciénega see-EN-eh-gah close-out KLOHZ-owt clough KLUF cone of depression KOHN uhv dih-PRESH-un confluence KON-floo-ence coral reef KOR-ul REEF cryosphere CRY-oh-sfeer currentbum KUR-unt-bum cut bank KUT BANGK

dead drift DED DRIFT delta DEL-tuh dendritic den-DRIT-ik doldrums DOLE-drums dry fall DRY FAWL

eddy ED-ee eddy line ED-ee LYNE ensenada en-seh-NAH-dah ephemeral stream eh-FEM-er-ul estuary ES-choo-ehr-ee

fall line FAWL LYNE feeding lane FEE-ding LAYN fen FEN ferry FEHR-ee fetch FETCH finger lake FING-ger layk fjord FYORD flash flood FLASH fluhd floe FLOH floodplain FLUHD-playn flotsam FLOT-sum flume FLOOM fog drip FAWG drip ford FORD freestone FREE-stohn freeze-up FREEZ-uhp freshet FRESH-it

geyser GUY-zer gley GLAY glide GLYDE gooseneck GOOS-nek gorge GORJ gradient GRAY-dee-uhnt green water GREEN WAH-ter grotto GROT-oh gully GUHL-ee

hassock HAS-uhk hatch HACH haystack HAY-stak headwaters HED-wah-terz hole HOHL horizon line huh-RYE-zuhn lyne hueco WAY-koh hummock HUM-uk hydraulic hy-DRAW-lik

jetsam JET-sum jökulhlaup YUR-kul-loip

karst KAHRST kawaakari kah-wah-ah-KAH-ree ke ndse’ keh nd-SEH kettle KET-uhl

lahar LAH-har laminar LAM-ih-nar lie LYE linn LIN liquefaction lik-wih-FAK-shun loch LOKH lochan LOKH-an

meander mee-AN-der mire MYR monsoon mon-SOON moon pool MOON pool moulin moo-LAN murr-ma MURR-mah muskeg MUS-keg mångata  MONG-ah-tah

needle ice NEE-dul eyes nor’easter nor-EES-ter

oasis oh-AY-sis outwash OWT-wahsh oxbow AHKS-boh

pan PAN peat PEET pillow PIL-oh playa PLY-ah pocket water POK-it WAW-ter point bar POINT bar polynya puh-LIN-yuh pool POOL portage POR-tij pothole POT-hohl pourover POOR-oh-ver pucker PUK-er pumice PUM-is

quicksand KWIK-sand

rain shaft RAYN shaft ramadero rah-mah-DEHR-oh redd RED riffle RIF-uhl Ring of Fire RING uhv FYE-er riparian rih-PAIR-ee-un rise RYZE roaring forties ROR-ing FOR-teez rock flour ROK flow-er run RUN (water) runnel RUH-nuhl

sabkha SUB-kah sand boil SAND boyl seam SEEM seep SEEP seiche SAYSH shoal SHOHL siege SEEJ sieve SIV siguliaksraq sig-oo-lee-AK-sraq sinter SIN-ter slot canyon SLOT KAN-yuhn slough smolt SMOLT spate SPAYT sphagnum SFAG-num strainer STRAY-ner structure STRUK-cher subduction sub-DUK-shun subduction zone sub-DUK-shun zohn swale SWAYL swell SWEL syzygy SIZ-ih-jee

tailout TAYL-owt tailwater TAYL-wah-ter tamarisk TAM-uh-risk tapir TAY-per tarn TARN thalweg TAHL-veg thermokarst THER-moh-karst tinaja tee-NAH-hah tongue TUHNG trade winds TRAYD windz trophic cascade TROH-fik kas-KAYD tsunami tsoo-NAH-mee tule TOO-lee

undercut bank UHN-der-kut bank

vega VAY-gah vernal pool VUR-nul

wadi WAH-dee wash WAHSH water table WAH-ter TAY-buhl waterpocket WAH-ter-pahk-it watershed WAH-ter-shed wave train WAYV trayn weir WEER whitewater WYTE-wah-ter williwaw WILL-ee-waw winterbourne WIN-ter-born wrack line RAK lyne

yakamoz YAH-kah-moz