word | | Terrain |
| northern | Atlantic Ocean | ... Sea from October to June; clockwise warm-water gyre (broad, circular system of currents) in the northern Atlantic, counterclockwise warm-water gyre in the southern Atlantic; the ocean floor is dominated by ... |
| northern | Austria | in the west and south mostly mountains (Alps); along the eastern and northern margins mostly flat or gently sloping |
| northern | Congo, Republic of the | coastal plain, southern basin, central plateau, northern basin |
| northern | Indian Ocean | ... circular system of currents) in the southern Indian Ocean; unique reversal of surface currents in the northern Indian Ocean; low atmospheric pressure over southwest Asia from hot, rising, summer air results in ... |
| northern | Mali | mostly flat to rolling northern plains covered by sand; savanna in south, rugged hills in northeast |
| northern | Morocco | northern coast and interior are mountainous with large areas of bordering plateaus, intermontane valleys, and rich coastal plains |
| northern | Northern Mariana Islands | southern islands are limestone with level terraces and fringing coral reefs; northern islands are volcanic |
| northern | Pacific Ocean | surface currents in the northern Pacific are dominated by a clockwise, warm-water gyre (broad circular system of currents) and in the southern Pacific by a counterclockwise, cool-water gyre; in the ... |
| northern | Slovakia | rugged mountains in the central and northern part and lowlands in the south |
| northernmost | Pacific Ocean | ... and Sea of Okhotsk in winter; in the southern Pacific, sea ice from Antarctica reaches its northernmost extent in October; the ocean floor in the eastern Pacific is dominated by the East ... |
| northwest | Belgium | flat coastal plains in northwest, central rolling hills, rugged mountains of Ardennes Forest in southeast |
| northwest | Chad | broad, arid plains in center, desert in north, mountains in northwest, lowlands in south |
| northwest | Cote d'Ivoire | mostly flat to undulating plains; mountains in northwest |
| northwest | Eritrea | ... by extension of Ethiopian north-south trending highlands, descending on the east to a coastal desert plain, on the northwest to hilly terrain and on the southwest to flat-to-rolling plains |
| northwest | Mozambique | mostly coastal lowlands, uplands in center, high plateaus in northwest, mountains in west |
| northwest | Pakistan | flat Indus plain in east; mountains in north and northwest; Balochistan plateau in west |
| northwest | Switzerland | mostly mountains (Alps in south, Jura in northwest) with a central plateau of rolling hills, plains, and large lakes |
| northwest | Venezuela | Andes Mountains and Maracaibo Lowlands in northwest; central plains (llanos); Guiana Highlands in southeast |
| northwest | Vietnam | low, flat delta in south and north; central highlands; hilly, mountainous in far north and northwest |
| Nova | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | ... Eparses): atoll, awash at high tide; shallow (15 m) lagoon Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island: low, flat, and sandy Tromelin Island (Iles Eparses): low, flat, sandy; likely volcanic seamount |
| number | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | ... Ile Kerguelen is composed of rugged terrain of high mountains, hills, valleys, and plains with a number of peninsulas stretching off its coasts Bassas da India (Iles Eparses): atoll, awash at high ... |
| numerous | Slovenia | a short coastal strip on the Adriatic, an alpine mountain region adjacent to Italy and Austria, mixed mountains and valleys with numerous rivers to the east |
| oases | Kazakhstan | extends from the Volga to the Altai Mountains and from the plains in western Siberia to oases and desert in Central Asia |
| ocean | Arctic Ocean | ... 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 the remainder a ... |
| ocean | Atlantic Ocean | ... system of currents) 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 ... |
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