| A | B |
| altitude | elevation or height above sea level |
| legend | words, etc. accompanying a picture or diagram |
| symbol | something that stands for or represents something else. |
| crater | the bowl-shaped opening at the top of the volcano. |
| shoal | a sandbar, the top of which reaches nearly the surface of the water, and usually is above the surface during low water. |
| inset | something set in or inserted (like a map) |
| slope | any land whose surface gradually rises in a general direction |
| vegetation | growing plants |
| village | a small collection of houses, less than for a town or city |
| sandbar | a long narrow bank of sand in a body of water. |
| seaport | a harbor at the shore of the ocean or large body of water developed with facilities to load and unload sea-going vessels. |
| shore | land bordering the sea, or lake, or a large river |
| continental shelf | the shallow sea area bordering the continents |
| coast | land along the sea |
| peak | the highest part of a mountain, usually steep-sided at the summit |
| river mouth | the point where a river empties and ends its course |
| river source | the point where a river begins |
| tide | alternate rise and fall of the water level of a lake or ocean caused by gravitational pull of the moon on the Earth |
| strait | a passageway of water connecting two large bodies of water |
| wharf | a large dock from which ships can load and unload |