word | | Terrain |
| volcanoes | Costa Rica | coastal plains separated by rugged mountains including over 100 volcanic cones, of which several are major volcanoes |
| volcanoes | Nicaragua | extensive Atlantic coastal plains rising to central interior mountains; narrow Pacific coastal plain interrupted by volcanoes |
| volcanoes | Saint Helena | ... scattered plateaus and plains Ascension: surface covered by lava flows and cinder cones of 44 dormant volcanoes; ground rises to the east Tristan da Cunha: sheer cliffs line the coastline of the ... |
| volcanoes | South Georgia and the South Sandwich 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 with some active volcanoes |
| Volga | Kazakhstan | extends from the Volga to the Altai Mountains and from the plains in western Siberia to oases and desert in Central Asia |
| Wake | Wake Island | atoll of three low coral islands, Peale, Wake, and Wilkes, built up on an underwater volcano; central lagoon is former crater, islands are part of the rim |
| Walachian | Romania | central Transylvanian Basin is separated from the Plain of Moldavia on the east by the Carpathian Mountains and separated from the Walachian Plain on the south by the Transylvanian Alps |
| warm | Atlantic Ocean | ... Labrador Sea, Denmark Strait, and coastal portions of the Baltic Sea from October to June; clockwise warm-water gyre (broad, circular system of currents) in the northern Atlantic, counterclockwise warm-water gyre ... |
| warm | 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 ... |
| wasteland | United Arab Emirates | flat, barren coastal plain merging into rolling sand dunes of vast desert wasteland; mountains in east |
| water | Atlantic Ocean | ... Sea, Denmark Strait, and coastal portions of the Baltic Sea from October to June; clockwise warm-water gyre (broad, circular system of currents) in the northern Atlantic, counterclockwise warm-water gyre in ... |
| water | Guam | volcanic origin, surrounded by coral reefs; relatively flat coralline limestone plateau (source of most fresh water), with steep coastal cliffs and narrow coastal plains in north, low hills in center, mountains in ... |
| water | 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 ... |
| water | Saint Barthelemy | hilly, almost completely surrounded by shallow-water reefs, with 20 beaches |
| water | Singapore | lowland; gently undulating central plateau contains water catchment area and nature preserve |
| water | Southern Ocean | ... deep, 4,000 to 5,000 m over most of its extent with only limited areas of shallow water; the Antarctic continental shelf is generally narrow and unusually deep, its edge lying at depths ... |
| west | Austria | in the west and south mostly mountains (Alps); along the eastern and northern margins mostly flat or gently sloping |
| west | Azerbaijan | ... Lowland) (much of it below sea level) with Great Caucasus Mountains to the north, Qarabag Yaylasi (Karabakh Upland) in west; Baku lies on Abseron Yasaqligi (Apsheron Peninsula) that juts into Caspian Sea |
| west | Brunei | flat coastal plain rises to mountains in east; hilly lowland in west |
| west | Burkina Faso | mostly flat to dissected, undulating plains; hills in west and southeast |
| west | Cameroon | diverse, with coastal plain in southwest, dissected plateau in center, mountains in west, plains in north |
| west | Canada | mostly plains with mountains in west and lowlands in southeast |
| west | China | mostly mountains, high plateaus, deserts in west; plains, deltas, and hills in east |
| west | Czech Republic | Bohemia in the west consists of rolling plains, hills, and plateaus surrounded by low mountains; Moravia in the east consists of very hilly country |
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