word | | Terrain |
| irrigated | Uzbekistan | mostly flat-to-rolling sandy desert with dunes; broad, flat intensely irrigated river valleys along course of Amu Darya, Syr Darya (Sirdaryo), and Zarafshon; Fergana Valley in east surrounded by mountainous Tajikistan ... |
| Island | American Samoa | five volcanic islands with rugged peaks and limited coastal plains, two coral atolls (Rose Island, Swains Island) |
| island | Anguilla | flat and low-lying island of coral and limestone |
| Island | Antarctica | ... include parts of southern Victoria 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 ... |
| island | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | Ile Amsterdam (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul): a volcanic island with steep coastal cliffs; the center floor of the volcano is a large plateau Ile Saint-Paul (Ile Amsterdam et Ile ... |
| Island | Heard Island and McDonald Islands | Heard Island - 80% ice-covered, bleak and mountainous, dominated by a large massif (Big Ben) and an active volcano (Mawson Peak); McDonald Islands - small and rocky |
| island | Jan Mayen | volcanic island, partly covered by glaciers |
| island | Montserrat | volcanic island, mostly mountainous, with small coastal lowland |
| island | Palau | varying geologically from the high, mountainous main island of Babelthuap to low, coral islands usually fringed by large barrier reefs |
| island | Saint Helena | ... rises to the east Tristan da Cunha: sheer cliffs line the coastline of the nearly circular island; the flanks of the central volcanic peak are deeply dissected; narrow coastal plain lies between ... |
| islands | American Samoa | five volcanic islands with rugged peaks and limited coastal plains, two coral atolls (Rose Island, Swains Island) |
| islands | Antigua and Barbuda | mostly low-lying limestone and coral islands, with some higher volcanic areas |
| Islands | Arctic Ocean | ... drift pattern in the Beaufort Gyral Stream, but nearly straight-line movement from the New Siberian Islands (Russia) to Denmark Strait (between Greenland and Iceland); the icepack is surrounded by open seas ... |
| islands | British Virgin Islands | coral islands relatively flat; volcanic islands steep, hilly |
| islands | Comoros | volcanic islands, interiors vary from steep mountains to low hills |
| islands | Cook Islands | low coral atolls in north; volcanic, hilly islands in south |
| islands | Coral Sea Islands | sand and coral reefs and islands (or cays) |
| islands | Croatia | geographically diverse; flat plains along Hungarian border, low mountains and highlands near Adriatic coastline and islands |
| islands | Equatorial Guinea | coastal plains rise to interior hills; islands are volcanic |
| islands | France | ... 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; dormant volcano Reunion: mostly rugged and ... |
| islands | French Polynesia | mixture of rugged high islands and low islands with reefs |
| islands | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | ... Iles Crozet: a large archipelago formed from the Crozet Plateau is divided into two groups of islands Iles Kerguelen: the interior of the large island of Ile Kerguelen is composed of rugged ... |
| islands | Greece | mostly mountains with ranges extending into the sea as peninsulas or chains of islands |
| Islands | Heard Island and McDonald Islands | Heard Island - 80% ice-covered, bleak and mountainous, dominated by a large massif (Big Ben) and an active volcano (Mawson Peak); McDonald Islands - small and rocky |
| islands | Indonesia | mostly coastal lowlands; larger islands have interior mountains |
| islands | Marshall Islands | low coral limestone and sand islands |
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