Landscape Features
Blocked Mountains Folded Mountains Plateau Dome Mountains Volcanic Mountains
ridge range peak/ summit
Mountains: towering, inaccessible, snowcapped ing in
Old Mountains butte
Expansive plateau, mesa, valley sive
rugged butte, mountain, hills
grand mesa, mountain, view
Cliff/ bluff/ precipice
steep cliff/ slope/ bluff/ precipice
plunging cliff/ hill
gently rolling slope/ hill
lush hill/ mountain/ valley/ slope
spectacular – breathtaking - stunning cular taking astonish – to stun – stunning – stun gun Stun gun
Coast and Water
Peninsular Gulf cape Bay Strait
Atoll
pointed island/ peninsular
Isthmus
Brook stream/ brook/ creek
Watershed estuary delta
Confluence = flowing together Compare: influence = affecting smb. Affluence = flowing towards the point Fluent/ fluency?
Vortex/ whirlpool
Briny - fresh
navigable – impassable
To chop – a chop – choppy (water/ hairstyle)
Rough water = swollen water Rough skin swollen skin
Stagnant water still water
transparent = pristine
Winding/ twisting/ snaking river
teeming = abundant
Language Metaphors and associations
Range
Summit
Vista
Terrace
Plateau
Cliff
Precipice
plain
Slope
Cape
Bay
Gulf
Channel
strait
Tide
Torrent
vortex
whirl
swamp
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