word | | Terrain |
| rugged | Montenegro | highly indented coastline with narrow coastal plain backed by rugged high limestone mountains and plateaus |
| rugged | Nepal | Tarai or flat river plain of the Ganges in south, central hill region, rugged Himalayas in north |
| rugged | Norway | glaciated; mostly high plateaus and rugged mountains broken by fertile valleys; small, scattered plains; coastline deeply indented by fjords; arctic tundra in north |
| rugged | Oman | central desert plain, rugged mountains in north and south |
| rugged | Panama | interior mostly steep, rugged mountains and dissected, upland plains; coastal areas largely plains and rolling hills |
| rugged | Peru | western coastal plain (costa), high and rugged Andes in center (sierra), eastern lowland jungle of Amazon Basin (selva) |
| rugged | Pitcairn Islands | rugged volcanic formation; rocky coastline with cliffs |
| rugged | Saint Helena | ... 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 cinder cones ... |
| rugged | Samoa | two main islands (Savaii, Upolu) and several smaller islands and uninhabited islets; narrow coastal plain with volcanic, rocky, rugged mountains in interior |
| rugged | San Marino | rugged mountains |
| rugged | Slovakia | rugged mountains in the central and northern part and lowlands in the south |
| rugged | Solomon Islands | mostly rugged mountains with some low coral atolls |
| rugged | South Africa | vast interior plateau rimmed by rugged hills and narrow coastal plain |
| rugged | 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 ... |
| rugged | Spain | large, flat to dissected plateau surrounded by rugged hills; Pyrenees in north |
| rugged | Svalbard | wild, rugged mountains; much of high land ice covered; west coast clear of ice about one-half of the year; fjords along west and north coasts |
| rugged | Taiwan | eastern two-thirds mostly rugged mountains; flat to gently rolling plains in west |
| rugged | United Kingdom | mostly rugged hills and low mountains; level to rolling plains in east and southeast |
| rugged | 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 |
| rugged | Virgin Islands | mostly hilly to rugged and mountainous with little level land |
| rugged | West Bank | mostly rugged dissected upland, some vegetation in west, but barren in east |
| rugged | Yemen | narrow coastal plain backed by flat-topped hills and rugged mountains; dissected upland desert plains in center slope into the desert interior of the Arabian Peninsula |
| Russia | Arctic Ocean | ... 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 during ... |
| Sahara | Mauritania | mostly barren, flat plains of the Sahara; some central hills |
| Sahara | Tunisia | mountains in north; hot, dry central plain; semiarid south merges into the Sahara |
| Saint | 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 ... |
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