Bank / English

Land alongside a body of water or touching water, often slightly sloped.

Bluff / bluhf / English

A steep shoreline slope, cliff, or headland, formed in sediment, with a broad sloping face.

Bogach / bogəx / Scots Gaelic

A wet muddy area of ground, too soft for travel. A bog, fen, marsh, or swamp.

Cape / kāp / English

1. A large, narrow, landform or point, usually formed of sand or sediment, that extends into a large body of water, usually formed by tidal erosion, recession

2. A high point of land, sometimes shaped in an arc, that extends into a river, lake, or ocean, usually connected to a larger land mass.

Channel /CHan(ə)l / English

A length of water wider than a strait, joining two larger areas of water, especially two seas.

Glade / ɡleɪd / English

An open area of grass within a forest.

Grove /ɡrōv / English

A small group of trees, regardless of shape.

Headland / hedlənd / English

1. A small cape, head, is a coastal landform, a point of land usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends into a body of water.

2. A a strip of land left unplowed at the end of a field.

Headwaters / English

A small creek, stream, or collection of tributaries, that form into a larger river or waterbody.

Hollow / English

An elongated lowland between ranges of hills, banks, or other uplands, often having a river or stream running along the bottom.

Holloway / English

A sunken lane; a walking path, trail, or road that is much lower than the land on either side of it, because the ground has been eroded over time, usually due to use by foot traffic.

Hook / English

A curved or bent spit of land along a shoreline or coastline that juts out into a body of water, formed by wave direction, current.

Landing / land·​ing / English

A place used to access a body of water, usually a low-lying entry area.

Mëkëke / Lenape

Any clearing without trees; a meadow, a prairie.

Mouth / English

Where a river enters a larger river, bay, or ocean.

Neck / nek / English

An area of land between opposing coves or meanders of a river, that extends into the water. A small peninsula.

Narrows / nar·​row / English

A tidal strait waterway, between two land masses.

Point / point / English

A small area of land, that extends into a body of water further than its surrounding land. Common on peninsulas, or along large river banks.

Peninsula / pəˈnins(ə)lə/ English

An area of land that projects out from a larger land mass, and is largely surrounded by water.

Shoal /SHōl/ English

Shallow, submerged areas in water, usually tidal, covered in sand, silt, rocks, or vegetation. Also known as Flats, Bar, Sandbar.

Spit / English

Narrow coastal landforms that extends into a body of water, from mainland and are attached to the coastline or shoreline.

Upland / English

1. Dry land; land that is at a higher elevation, without fear of flooding.

2. A description for wildlife or game, that live in drier landscapes, away from the coasts or shores.