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Landscape

Large natural geographic formations and environments.

Subcategories: Natural structures (9), Oceans (5), Waterways (19)

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J is for Jungle

A jungle is a rainforest that is particularly thick and has a lot of undergrowth. It is usually impossible to walk through a jungle, you need to bring a machete to cut through the vines.

K is for Knoll

A knoll is a small hill.

L is for Lagoon

A lagoon is a shallow pool of water separated from a larger body of water by islands or reefs.

L is for Lake

A lake is a very large amount of water, usually in a valley in the mountains. Some lakes form in a crater where a meteor has hit. Most lakes are fresh water, some lakes near the sea may be salt water. A very very small lake in a park or a backyard is called a pond.

L is for Land

Land is any part of the world that isn't covered with water. The opposite of land is the sea.
Land may also be used to describe the countryside or farming areas, as in "He works on the land". In this case, the opposite of the land is the city.

M is for Mangrove

Mangroves are a kind of tree that grow along with other plants as mangals. Mangroves grow in the area where the tide flows through them, so they spend some of their time under water and some of their time dry. Many sea creatures live among the mangroves's roots, and mangroves are particularly important as a safe place for baby sea creatures when they are still very young.

M is for Marsh

A marsh is an area that is often underwater, or is mostly shallow water. Marshes are different to swamps in that they only have low grass and shrubs, and swamps have larger plants and trees.
A moor is an area of land with poor drainage, usually overgrown with heather and covered in a thick layer of peat.

M is for Mound

A mound is a raised part of the ground that is larger than a pile of dirt but smaller than a hill. Mounds can be naturally occurring, but most of the time mounds are made by people piling up some dirt. Burial mounds were used by some civilizations to mark the place of a grave.
Mounds can also be used to describe a large pile of something that isn't dirt. For example, you might have a mound of paperwork or a mound of laundry.

M is for Mountain

Mountains are very big hills, and are usually steep and rocky. Some mountains are so high they have snow on the top.

N is for Nest

Birds build nests to lay their eggs in. Nests are usually made from sticks and lined with feathers and anything soft that the bird can find, such as threads from clothes and even cobwebs. Some birds make nests out of mud.

O is for Ocean

The ocean is the vast expanse of salty water that covers most of the Earth.
Another word for ocean is sea.

O is for Outback

The outback is a name commonly given to the arid interior of Australia.

P is for Plain

A plain, also called a savanna, field, grasslands or prairie, is a large open expanse that is covered mostly with grass, and very few trees. Grasslands are found in drier regions all over the world.

P is for Plateau

A plateau is a wide, flat area of land that is higher than the surrounding area, often due to being neighbored by canyons or valleys on all sides.

P is for Pond

A pond is a small body of water, smaller than a lake but bigger than a puddle. Ponds are often man-made and are put into gardens as a decorative feature.

P is for Pool

A pool is a small, still body of water. The dog in the picture is in a wading pool. Larger pools that are big enough to swim in are called swimming pools.

P is for Puddle

Puddles are small pools of water on the ground. Puddles are left in small dents in the ground after it rains, or when water has been spilled on the ground.

Q is for Quagmire

A quagmire is another word for bog or swamp, a soft area of land that may be muddy or covered in a small amount of water.

R is for Rainbow

Rainbows happen when the sun shines through a very fine spray of water, like rain in the air or the spray from a garden hose or even from a waterfall.
The rainbow is colourful because as sunlight travels through the water spray, it splits into a spectrum of colours. All the colours you see in a rainbow are there all the time in normal light, but they are mixed up together so you only see white light.
You can also see the colours of the rainbow by shining light through a prism.