German Geography Words

country

place

area

region

island

village

situation

province

world

district

border

city, town

terrain

capital

canton

surroundings

worldwide

district

homeland

canal

location

valley

level

extend

district

coast

sea

village

abroad

area

summit

territory

front

municipal area

beach

border

surround

hill

supra-regional

glacier

gorge

waterfall

bay

cliff

volcano

meadow

desert

mainland

mountain range

peninsula

plateau

bog

rise

dune

heath

highlands

river mouth

reef

swamp

lowland

scree

clearing

strait

gravel

depression

cliff coast

steppe

watercourse

tidal flat

floodplain meadow

geest

isthmus

spit

marshland

shoal

watershed

mountain range, chain of mountains

low mountain range, upland region

nature park, regional protected landscape

mountain slope, hillside

flatland, plains, lowland

river bed, riverbed

protected area, nature reserve

lowland plain, low-lying flatland

tidal flats, Wadden Sea

wine region, wine-growing area

mountain ridge, crest

river mouth, estuary

border region, frontier area

high plateau, elevated tableland

island group, archipelago

sandbank, sandbar

basin valley, bowl-shaped valley

pre-Alps, Alpine foothills

mountain saddle, col

flat coast, low-lying coastline

river floodplain, riparian meadow

mountain stream, alpine brook

raised bog, upland peat moor

chain of hills, rolling hill range

cliff, sea cliff

coastal strip, shoreline zone

steep slope, precipitous hillside

oasis

rainforest

Alpine pasture, high mountain meadow

fjord (narrow sea inlet between cliffs)

riverbank, riverside

port city, harbour town

lake shore

archipelago (group of islands)

mountain stream

mountain lake

mountain valley

inland (region away from the coast)

mountain ridge, arête

permafrost (permanently frozen subsoil)

puddle, small stagnant pool

pond

Alpine pasture (Swiss/South Tyrolean form)

atoll (ring-shaped coral island)

erratic boulder (large glacially transported rock)

fjord-like bay (Baltic Sea inlet)

mountain yoke, high pass connecting two summits

mangrove (coastal tropical tree/forest)

moraine (glacial deposit of rock and debris)

trickle, tiny stream

table mountain, mesa

vineyard, wine-growing hillside

Lüneburg Heath (famous German heathland region)

mountain village

recreation area, leisure zone

course of a river, river run

suburb, outlying district

forested area, woodland zone

forest path

crossing, sea or river passage

inland lake

mountain region

heathland area

hilly country, undulating landscape

coastal region

cross-country ski trail

seacoast, ocean coast

tributary

spit (narrow strip of land)

administrative district, government region

quarry

beach section

peat bog

Alpine foothills region

hamlet, small cluster of farmsteads

winter landscape

mountain ridge, arête

rock formation

holiday region

mountain valley

lagoon (coastal, separated by a spit)

high forest, mature tall-tree forest

coastal section, stretch of coastline

market town, small town with market rights

moorland landscape, boggy terrain

nature trail (educational)

sheer rock face, vertical cliff wall

south-facing slope

valley floor

viewpoint hill, hill valued for its panoramic view

mountain gorge

terminal moraine (ridge of glacial debris)

rocky plateau, flat rocky summit area

river island

area state

scree field, field of loose rubble

glacial lake

glacial portal, opening at the glacier snout

ground moraine (glacial deposit)

marshland transitional zone

village built on a slope

slope gradient, degree of incline

capital city region

high valley

range of elevated terrain

arm of the sea, inlet

north-facing slope

source region

gorge landscape, ravine terrain

valley floor, bottom of a valley

nature trail through forest, forest educational path

piedmont

hillside forest

gorge trail

glacial meltwater valley

heathland landscape