word | | Terrain |
| coast | Bouvet Island | volcanic; coast is mostly inaccessible |
| coast | Christmas Island | steep cliffs along coast rise abruptly to central plateau |
| coast | Cyprus | central plain with mountains to north and south; scattered but significant plains along southern coast |
| coast | European Union | fairly flat along the Baltic and Atlantic coast; mountainous in the central and southern areas |
| coast | Faroe Islands | rugged, rocky, some low peaks; cliffs along most of coast |
| coast | France | ... Grande-Terre is low limestone formation; most of the seven other islands are volcanic in origin Martinique: mountainous with indented coastline; dormant volcano Reunion: mostly rugged and mountainous; fertile lowlands along coast |
| coast | Greenland | flat to gradually sloping icecap covers all but a narrow, mountainous, barren, rocky coast |
| coast | Iceland | mostly plateau interspersed with mountain peaks, icefields; coast deeply indented by bays and fiords |
| coast | Ireland | mostly level to rolling interior plain surrounded by rugged hills and low mountains; sea cliffs on west coast |
| coast | Jersey | gently rolling plain with low, rugged hills along north coast |
| coast | Morocco | northern coast and interior are mountainous with large areas of bordering plateaus, intermontane valleys, and rich coastal plains |
| coast | Namibia | mostly high plateau; Namib Desert along coast; Kalahari Desert in east |
| coast | Niue | steep limestone cliffs along coast, central plateau |
| coast | Puerto Rico | mostly mountains with coastal plain belt in north; mountains precipitous to sea on west coast; sandy beaches along most coastal areas |
| coast | Svalbard | wild, rugged mountains; much of high land ice covered; west coast clear of ice about one-half of the year; fjords along west and north coasts |
| coast | Tanzania | plains along coast; central plateau; highlands in north, south |
| coastal | Algeria | mostly high plateau and desert; some mountains; narrow, discontinuous coastal plain |
| coastal | American Samoa | five volcanic islands with rugged peaks and limited coastal plains, two coral atolls (Rose Island, Swains Island) |
| coastal | Angola | narrow coastal plain rises abruptly to vast interior plateau |
| coastal | Antarctica | ... average elevations between 2,000 and 4,000 meters; mountain ranges up to nearly 5,000 meters; ice-free coastal areas include parts of southern Victoria Land, Wilkes Land, the Antarctic Peninsula area, and parts ... |
| coastal | Atlantic Ocean | surface usually covered with sea ice in Labrador Sea, Denmark Strait, and coastal portions of the Baltic Sea from October to June; clockwise warm-water gyre (broad, circular system of currents) in ... |
| coastal | Belgium | flat coastal plains in northwest, central rolling hills, rugged mountains of Ardennes Forest in southeast |
| coastal | Belize | flat, swampy coastal plain; low mountains in south |
| coastal | Brazil | mostly flat to rolling lowlands in north; some plains, hills, mountains, and narrow coastal belt |
| coastal | Brunei | flat coastal plain rises to mountains in east; hilly lowland in west |
| coastal | Cameroon | diverse, with coastal plain in southwest, dissected plateau in center, mountains in west, plains in north |
| coastal | Chile | low coastal mountains; fertile central valley; rugged Andes in east |
| coastal | Colombia | flat coastal lowlands, central highlands, high Andes Mountains, eastern lowland plains |
| coastal | Congo, Republic of the | coastal plain, southern basin, central plateau, northern basin |
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