Watersmeet
Junction of two rivers
Headwaters
River's Upper Tributaries
Ford
Shallow area of water that can be waded across
Levee
A ridge of sediment deposited naturally alongside a river by overflowing water, or an embankment built to prevent the overflow of a river.
Delta
River mouth's often fan-shaped sedimentary plain
Estuary, Frith
Sea's junctire with a river's mouth
Strait
Connecting passage between two large bodies of water
Riverain
Pertaining to or like a riverbank
Sandsplit
Small jutting of sand or gravel at water's edge
Lagoon
Shallow pond near a body of water
Tarn
Small mountain lake with steep banks
Millpond
A pond for supplying water to drive a mill wheel
Loch
A lake or partially landlocked or protected bay
Mere
(British) a lake or pond
Sluice, Slucieway
An artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (Sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow
Narrows, Straits, Channel
A narrow channel connecting two larger areas of water
Gulf
Extensive sea inlet
Fjord
Sea inlet that is narrow and has steep slopes or cliffs
Cay, Key
Low coral island or visible reef
Atoll
Ring-like coral island or reef surrounding a Lagoon
Shingle
Shallow place in a sea or river
Eddy
Small whirlpool
Bog, Fen
Tract of low and wet spongy ground
Tideland
Low land subject to flood tides
Tide Flat
Flat and usually muddy tideland
Bracken
Rough or marshy tract of land with one kind of vegetation (shrubs or ferns)
Swale
Moist low-lying land (Usually pineland)
Causeway
Raised path or road across water or a marsh
Cape
Land formation jutting into the sea or other large body of water
Headland, Promontory
Elevated land area jutting over the sea or other large body of water
Floe
Sheet of floating ice
Hoarfrost, Hoar
Frost (Middle-English)
Rime, Rime Ice
AN opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles most commonly seen on tree branches.
Snowdrift, Snowbank
A mound or bank of snow driven together by the wind
Permafrost
(In arctic or subarctic regions) Perennially frozen subsoil
Sleet
Ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hall)
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