| headland |
a high piece of land that sticks out into a body of water. |
| heath |
an area of wild, flat land where only heather and other low plants grow. |
| hectare |
a unit of area equal to 10,000 square meters or 2.471 acres, used to measure land. |
| highland |
land that is higher than the area around it. [1/2 definitions] |
| hill |
a raised area of land smaller than a mountain. [1/2 definitions] |
| hollow |
a low area of land; a small valley. [1/7 definitions] |
| homestead |
a house and the land and buildings that are around it; a farm. [2 definitions] |
| hook |
a sharp bend or curve in something, such as a river, a road, or a piece of land next to water. [1/10 definitions] |
| ice cap |
a large, thick sheet of ice that spreads out over the land in all directions from the center. |
| immigrant |
a person who moves permanently to another country from his or her native land. |
| irrigation |
the supplying of water to land by man-made means. |
| island |
an area of land smaller than a continent and surrounded by water on all sides. [2 definitions] |
| isthmus |
a narrow strip of land that joins two larger pieces of land. An isthmus has water on its long sides. |
| jeep |
a small, powerful automobile that can be used on land and rough roads. [1/2 definitions] |
| jungle |
land covered with many trees, vines, and bushes; a tropical rain forest. |
| knoll |
a small rounded rise of land; hill. |
| lake |
a large body of fresh or salt water that is surrounded on all sides by land. |
| landmass |
a very large area of land on the earth, such as a continent or a large part of a continent. |
| landscape |
to change a piece of land by planting trees, shrubs or other plants. [1/3 definitions] |
| lay1 |
the way in which land is arranged or formed. [1/6 definitions] |
| levee1 |
an embankment built to keep river water from flooding the land. [2 definitions] |