word | | Geography - note |
| Saint | Virgin Islands | important location along the Anegada Passage - a key shipping lane for the Panama Canal; Saint Thomas has one of the best natural deepwater harbors in the Caribbean |
| Salt | Saint Kitts and Nevis | ... The Narrows; on the southern tip of long, baseball bat-shaped Saint Kitts lies the Great Salt Pond; Nevis Peak sits in the center of its almost circular namesake island and its ... |
| San | Costa Rica | four volcanoes, two of them active, rise near the capital of San Jose in the center of the country; one of the volcanoes, Irazu, erupted destructively in 1963-65 |
| San | Puerto Rico | important location along the Mona Passage - a key shipping lane to the Panama Canal; San Juan is one of the biggest and best natural harbors in the Caribbean; many small rivers and ... |
| sanctuary | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | ... atop a long-extinct, submerged volcano Europa Island and Juan de Nova Island (Iles Eparses): wildlife sanctuary for seabirds and sea turtles Glorioso Island (Iles Eparses): the islands and rocks are surrounded ... |
| sanctuary | Isle of Man | one small islet, the Calf of Man, lies to the southwest and is a bird sanctuary |
| sand | Aruba | a flat, riverless island renowned for its white sand beaches; its tropical climate is moderated by constant trade winds from the Atlantic Ocean; the temperature is almost constant at about 27 degrees ... |
| sand | Moldova | landlocked; well endowed with various sedimentary rocks and minerals including sand, gravel, gypsum, and limestone |
| Sand | United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges | ... habitat for seabirds, shorebirds, and marine wildlife; closed to the public Johnston Atoll: Johnston Island and Sand Island are natural islands, which have been expanded by coral dredging; North Island (Akau) and ... |
| sandbanks | Benin | sandbanks create difficult access to a coast with no natural harbors, river mouths, or islands |
| sandbars | Liberia | facing the Atlantic Ocean, the coastline is characterized by lagoons, mangrove swamps, and river-deposited sandbars; the inland grassy plateau supports limited agriculture |
| sandy | Cote d'Ivoire | most of the inhabitants live along the sandy coastal region; apart from the capital area, the forested interior is sparsely populated |
| Sap | Cambodia | a land of paddies and forests dominated by the Mekong River and Tonle Sap |
| Sardinia | Cyprus | the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily and Sardinia) |
| savanna | Burkina Faso | landlocked savanna cut by the three principal rivers of the Black, Red, and White Voltas |
| savanna | Niger | landlocked; one of the hottest countries in the world; northern four-fifths is desert, southern one-fifth is savanna, suitable for livestock and limited agriculture |
| savanna | Rwanda | landlocked; most of the country is savanna grassland with the population predominantly rural |
| savanna | Togo | the country's length allows it to stretch through six distinct geographic regions; climate varies from tropical to savanna |
| SBA | Akrotiri | ... off-post sites scattered across Cyprus; of the Sovereign Base Area land, 60% is privately owned and farmed, 20% is owned by the Ministry of Defense, and 20% is SBA Crown land |
| SBA | Dhekelia | ... off-post sites scattered across Cyprus; of the Sovereign Base Area land 60% is privately owned and farmed, 20% is owned by the Ministry of Defense, and 20% is SBA Crown land |
| scale | Solomon Islands | ... and the Coral Sea; on 2 April 2007 an undersea earthquake measuring 8.1 on the Richter scale occurred 345 km WNW of the capital Honiara, the resulting tsunami devastated coastal areas of ... |
| scanty | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | vegetation scanty |
| scattered | Akrotiri | British extraterritorial rights also extended to several small off-post sites scattered across Cyprus; of the Sovereign Base Area land, 60% is privately owned and farmed, 20% is owned by the Ministry ... |
| scattered | Dhekelia | British extraterritorial rights also extended to several small off-post sites scattered across Cyprus; of the Sovereign Base Area land 60% is privately owned and farmed, 20% is owned by the Ministry ... |
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