2017-07-28T18:50:55+03:00[Europe/Moscow] en true Dune, Guyot, Seabed, Mid-ocean ridge, Cape (geography), Oceanic trench, Coast, Bay, Submarine canyon, Continental shelf, Lagoon, Archipelago, Estuary, Seamount, Tide pool, List of submarine topographical features, Cold seep, Fajãs, Islet, Fjord, Rocky shore, Intertidal zone flashcards
Coastal and oceanic landforms

Coastal and oceanic landforms

  • Dune
    In physical geography, a dune is a hill of sand built by wind or the flow of water.
  • Guyot
    A guyot (pronounced /ɡiːˈjoʊ/), also known as a tablemount, is an isolated underwater volcanic mountain (seamount), with a flat top over 200 m (660 ft) below the surface of the sea.
  • Seabed
    The seabed (also known as the seafloor, sea floor, or ocean floor) is the bottom of the ocean.
  • Mid-ocean ridge
    A mid-ocean ridge is an underwater mountain system formed by plate tectonics.
  • Cape (geography)
    In geography, a cape is a headland or a promontory of large size extending into a body of water, usually the sea.
  • Oceanic trench
    The oceanic trenches are hemispheric-scale long but narrow topographic depressions of the sea floor.
  • Coast
    A coastline or a seashore is the area where land meets the sea or ocean, or a line that forms the boundary between the land and the ocean or a lake.
  • Bay
    A bay is a body of water connected to an ocean or lake, formed by an indentation of the shoreline.
  • Submarine canyon
    A submarine canyon is a steep-sided valley cut into the seabed of the continental slope, sometimes extending well onto the continental shelf, having nearly vertical walls, and occasionally having canyon wall heights of up to 5 km, from canyon floor to canyon rim, as with the Great Bahama Canyon.
  • Continental shelf
    The continental shelf is an underwater landmass which extends from a continent, resulting in an area of relatively shallow water known as a shelf sea.
  • Lagoon
    A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by barrier islands or reefs.
  • Archipelago
    An archipelago (/ɑːrkᵻˈpɛləɡoʊ/ ark-i-PEL-ə-goh), sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster or collection of islands.
  • Estuary
    An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea.
  • Seamount
    A seamount is a mountain rising from the ocean seafloor that does not reach to the water's surface (sea level), and thus is not an island.
  • Tide pool
    Tide pools, or rock pools, are rocky pools on the sea shore which are filled with seawater.
  • List of submarine topographical features
    List of submarine topographical features, oceanic landforms and topographic elements.
  • Cold seep
    A cold seep (sometimes called a cold vent) is an area of the ocean floor where hydrogen sulfide, methane and other hydrocarbon-rich fluid seepage occurs, often in the form of a brine pool.
  • Fajãs
    Fajãs is Portuguese for the supratidal talus-platform geology constructed from landslides or lava flows, that are relatively common coastal features, occurring on the toe of cliffs.
  • Islet
    An islet is a very small island.
  • Fjord
    Geologically, a fjord or fiord (English pronunciation: /ˈfjɔːrd/ or /fiˈɔːrd/) is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by glacial erosion.
  • Rocky shore
    A rocky shore is an intertidal area of seacoasts where solid rock predominates.
  • Intertidal zone
    The intertidal zone, also known as the foreshore and seashore and sometimes referred to as the littoral zone, is the area that is above water at low tide and under water at high tide (in other words, the area between tide marks).