word | | Terrain |
| eastern | Ecuador | coastal plain (costa), inter-Andean central highlands (sierra), and flat to rolling eastern jungle (oriente) |
| eastern | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | ... in shape, the island is the top of a volcano, rocky with steep cliffs on the eastern side; has active thermal springs Iles Crozet: a large archipelago formed from the Crozet Plateau ... |
| eastern | Pacific Ocean | ... Pacific, sea ice from Antarctica reaches its northernmost extent in October; the ocean floor in the eastern Pacific is dominated by the East Pacific Rise, while the western Pacific is dissected by ... |
| eastern | Peru | western coastal plain (costa), high and rugged Andes in center (sierra), eastern lowland jungle of Amazon Basin (selva) |
| eastern | Taiwan | eastern two-thirds mostly rugged mountains; flat to gently rolling plains in west |
| eastward | Southern Ocean | ... than a sixfold increase in area; the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (21,000 km in length) moves perpetually eastward; it is the world's largest ocean current, transporting 130 million cubic meters of water ... |
| edge | Southern Ocean | ... limited areas of shallow water; the Antarctic continental shelf is generally narrow and unusually deep, its edge lying at depths of 400 to 800 m (the global mean is 133 m); the ... |
| El | Lebanon | narrow coastal plain; El Beqaa (Bekaa Valley) separates Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon Mountains |
| elevated | Seychelles | Mahe Group is granitic, narrow coastal strip, rocky, hilly; others are coral, flat, elevated reefs |
| elevation | British Indian Ocean Territory | flat and low (most areas do not exceed two meters in elevation) |
| elevation | Kosovo | flat fluvial basin with an elevation of 400-700 m above sea level surrounded by several high mountain ranges with elevations of 2,000 to 2,500 m |
| elevations | Antarctica | about 98% thick continental ice sheet and 2% barren rock, with average elevations between 2,000 and 4,000 meters; mountain ranges up to nearly 5,000 meters; ice-free coastal areas include parts of ... |
| elevations | Kosovo | flat fluvial basin with an elevation of 400-700 m above sea level surrounded by several high mountain ranges with elevations of 2,000 to 2,500 m |
| elongated | Malawi | narrow elongated plateau with rolling plains, rounded hills, some mountains |
| elsewhere | Paraguay | grassy plains and wooded hills east of Rio Paraguay; Gran Chaco region west of Rio Paraguay mostly low, marshy plain near the river, and dry forest and thorny scrub elsewhere |
| elsewhere | Thailand | central plain; Khorat Plateau in the east; mountains elsewhere |
| encircling | Arctic Ocean | ... during the summer, but more than doubles in size during the winter and extends to the encircling landmasses; the ocean floor is about 50% continental shelf (highest percentage of any ocean) with ... |
| encircling | Mauritius | small coastal plain rising to discontinuous mountains encircling central plateau |
| enclosing | Tokelau | low-lying coral atolls enclosing large lagoons |
| encompass | Kyrgyzstan | peaks of Tien Shan and associated valleys and basins encompass entire nation |
| entire | Atlantic Ocean | ... in the northern Atlantic, counterclockwise warm-water gyre in the southern Atlantic; the ocean floor is dominated by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a rugged north-south centerline for the entire Atlantic basin |
| entire | Kyrgyzstan | peaks of Tien Shan and associated valleys and basins encompass entire nation |
| Eparses | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | ... valleys, and plains with a number of peninsulas stretching off its coasts Bassas da India (Iles Eparses): atoll, awash at high tide; shallow (15 m) lagoon Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, Juan de ... |
| escarpment | Bahrain | mostly low desert plain rising gently to low central escarpment |
| especially | France | ... metropolitan France: mostly flat plains or gently rolling hills in north and west; remainder is mountainous, especially Pyrenees in south, Alps in east French Guiana: low-lying coastal plains rising to hills ... |
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