word | | Terrain |
| rising | Bahrain | mostly low desert plain rising gently to low central escarpment |
| rising | France | ... 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 volcanic in origin with interior mountains ... |
| rising | Guinea-Bissau | mostly low coastal plain rising to savanna in east |
| rising | Indian Ocean | ... 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 and currents, while ... |
| rising | Liberia | mostly flat to rolling coastal plains rising to rolling plateau and low mountains in northeast |
| rising | Malaysia | coastal plains rising to hills and mountains |
| rising | Mauritius | small coastal plain rising to discontinuous mountains encircling central plateau |
| rising | Nicaragua | extensive Atlantic coastal plains rising to central interior mountains; narrow Pacific coastal plain interrupted by volcanoes |
| rising | Senegal | generally low, rolling, plains rising to foothills in southeast |
| rising | Somalia | mostly flat to undulating plateau rising to hills in north |
| rising | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | most of the islands, rising steeply from the sea, are rugged and mountainous; South Georgia is largely barren and has steep, glacier-covered mountains; the South Sandwich Islands are of volcanic origin ... |
| rising | Turkmenistan | flat-to-rolling sandy desert with dunes rising to mountains in the south; low mountains along border with Iran; borders Caspian Sea in west |
| rising | Western Sahara | mostly low, flat desert with large areas of rocky or sandy surfaces rising to small mountains in south and northeast |
| River | Armenia | Armenian Highland with mountains; little forest land; fast flowing rivers; good soil in Aras River valley |
| River | Gambia, The | flood plain of the Gambia River flanked by some low hills |
| River | Georgia | ... the south; Kolkhet'is Dablobi (Kolkhida Lowland) opens to the Black Sea in the west; Mtkvari River Basin in the east; good soils in river valley flood plains, foothills of Kolkhida Lowland |
| River | Jordan | mostly desert plateau in east, highland area in west; Great Rift Valley separates East and West Banks of the Jordan River |
| River | Macedonia | mountainous territory covered with deep basins and valleys; three large lakes, each divided by a frontier line; country bisected by the Vardar River |
| river | Nepal | Tarai or flat river plain of the Ganges in south, central hill region, rugged Himalayas in north |
| river | 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 |
| River | Portugal | mountainous north of the Tagus River, rolling plains in south |
| river | United States | vast central plain, mountains in west, hills and low mountains in east; rugged mountains and broad river valleys in Alaska; rugged, volcanic topography in Hawaii |
| river | 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 ... |
| rivers | Armenia | Armenian Highland with mountains; little forest land; fast flowing rivers; good soil in Aras River valley |
| rivers | 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 |
| rivers | Southern Ocean | ... in length) moves perpetually eastward; it is the world's largest ocean current, transporting 130 million cubic meters of water per second - 100 times the flow of all the world's rivers |
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