Landscape and Geography: English Vocabulary List

a large waterfall where water rushes forcefully over a height

"The cataract waterfall was very loud."

"We stood in awe before the massive cataract as thousands of gallons of water crashed down every single second."

the round top of a volcano

"The volcano had a crater."

"A crater is a bowl-shaped depression on a planetary surface"

the distance between an object or point and sea level

"The plane flew at high altitude."

"Altitude is the vertical height of an object or point in relation to sea level or ground level"

a beach or shoreline covered with small, smooth, rounded stones or pebbles, typically found along coasts or riverbanks

"The beach was covered in shingle."

"Shingle is a beach covered with small, smooth, rounded stones."

a large, pointed piece of land that extends into a sea, ocean, or other large body of water

"The ship sailed around the cape."

"We decided to sail our boat around the rocky cape to reach the secluded cove."