word | | Terrain |
| Ascension | Saint Helena | ... associated with the Atlantic Mid-Ocean Ridge Saint Helena: rugged, volcanic; small scattered plateaus and plains Ascension: surface covered by lava flows and cinder cones of 44 dormant volcanoes; ground rises to ... |
| Asia | Indian Ocean | ... Ocean; unique reversal of surface currents in the northern Indian Ocean; low atmospheric pressure over southwest Asia from hot, rising, summer air results in the southwest monsoon and southwest-to-northeast winds ... |
| Asia | Kazakhstan | ... the Volga in the west to the Altai Mountains in the east and from the plains of western Siberia in the north to oases and deserts of Central Asia in the south |
| associated | Kyrgyzstan | peaks of Tien Shan and associated valleys and basins encompass entire nation |
| associated | Saint Helena | the islands of this group result from volcanic activity associated with the Atlantic Mid-Ocean Ridge Saint Helena: rugged, volcanic; small scattered plateaus and plains Ascension: surface covered by lava flows and ... |
| Atlantic | Atlantic Ocean | ... 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 the ... |
| Atlantic | European Union | fairly flat along the Baltic and Atlantic coast; mountainous in the central and southern areas |
| Atlantic | Nicaragua | extensive Atlantic coastal plains rising to central interior mountains; narrow Pacific coastal plain interrupted by volcanoes |
| Atlantic | Saint Helena | the islands of this group result from volcanic activity associated with the Atlantic Mid-Ocean Ridge Saint Helena: rugged, volcanic; small scattered plateaus and plains Ascension: surface covered by lava flows and ... |
| atmospheric | Indian Ocean | ... 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 the southwest monsoon and ... |
| atoll | Clipperton Island | coral atoll |
| atoll | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | ... 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 Nova ... |
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