word | | Terrain |
| form | Antarctica | ... Land, Wilkes Land, the Antarctic Peninsula area, and parts of Ross Island on McMurdo Sound; glaciers form ice shelves along about half of the coastline, and floating ice shelves constitute 11% of ... |
| formation | France | ... mountains Guadeloupe: Basse-Terre is volcanic in origin with interior mountains; Grande-Terre is low limestone formation; most of the seven other islands are volcanic in origin Martinique: mountainous with indented coastline ... |
| formation | Norfolk Island | volcanic formation with mostly rolling plains |
| formation | Pitcairn Islands | rugged volcanic formation; rocky coastline with cliffs |
| formation | Tonga | most islands have limestone base formed from uplifted coral formation; others have limestone overlying volcanic base |
| formations | Bahamas, The | long, flat coral formations with some low rounded hills |
| formed | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | ... with steep cliffs on the eastern side; has active thermal springs Iles Crozet: a large archipelago formed from the Crozet Plateau is divided into two groups of islands Iles Kerguelen: the interior ... |
| formed | Tonga | most islands have limestone base formed from uplifted coral formation; others have limestone overlying volcanic base |
| former | Wake Island | atoll of three low coral islands, Peale, Wake, and Wilkes, built up on an underwater volcano; central lagoon is former crater, islands are part of the rim |
| forms | Pacific Ocean | ... in the southern Pacific by a counterclockwise, cool-water gyre; in the northern Pacific, sea ice forms in the Bering Sea and Sea of Okhotsk in winter; in the southern Pacific, sea ... |
| found | Ukraine | most of Ukraine consists of fertile plains (steppes) and plateaus, mountains being found only in the west (the Carpathians), and in the Crimean Peninsula in the extreme south |
| France | 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 ... |
| free | Antarctica | ... 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 southern Victoria Land, Wilkes Land, the Antarctic Peninsula area, and ... |
| French | France | ... 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 and small mountains Guadeloupe: Basse-Terre is ... |
| fresh | Guam | volcanic origin, surrounded by coral reefs; relatively flat coralline limestone plateau (source of most fresh water), with steep coastal cliffs and narrow coastal plains in north, low hills in center, mountains in ... |
| fringed | Palau | varying geologically from the high, mountainous main island of Babelthuap to low, coral islands usually fringed by large barrier reefs |
| fringing | Northern Mariana Islands | southern islands are limestone with level terraces and fringing coral reefs; northern islands are volcanic |
| fringing | United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges | low and nearly level sandy coral islands with narrow fringing reefs that have developed at the top of submerged volcanic mountains, which in most cases rise steeply from the ocean floor |
| frontier | Macedonia | mountainous territory covered with deep basins and valleys; three large lakes, each divided by a frontier line; country bisected by the Vardar River |
| Gambia | Gambia, The | flood plain of the Gambia River flanked by some low hills |
| Ganges | India | upland plain (Deccan Plateau) in south, flat to rolling plain along the Ganges, deserts in west, Himalayas in north |
| Ganges | Nepal | Tarai or flat river plain of the Ganges in south, central hill region, rugged Himalayas in north |
| generally | Belarus | generally flat and contains much marshland |
| generally | Guinea | generally flat coastal plain, hilly to mountainous interior |
| generally | Macau | generally flat |
| generally | Mayotte | generally undulating, with deep ravines and ancient volcanic peaks |
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