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Glossar geographischer Gattungsbezeichnungen / Glossary of German geographical generic terms

GERMAN              ENGLISH
                    
Bach                stream, creek
Bai                 bay
Bank                bank
Bank                bench
Bassin              basin
Becken              bowl, basin
Berg(-e)            mount(-s), mountain(-s)
Bergland            upland
Bergzug             range
Blick               view
Bucht               bay, bight
Burg                castle
                    
Dom                 dome
                    
Ebene               flat, plain
Eis                 ice
Eisfall(-fälle)     ice fall(-s)
Eisfrontkerbe       inlet
Eishöcker           ice rumples
Eiskuppel           ice rise
Eispiedmont         ice piedmont
Eisstrom            ice stream
                    
Fels, Felsen        rock
Fels                reef
Firn, Firnfeld      névé
Fjord               

 

fjord

Fluß                

 

river

                    
Gebirge             

 

mountain, mountains

Gipfel              

 

summit, peak

Gletscher           

 

glacier

Graben              

 

trough

Grat                

 

crest, edge

Gruppe              

 

group

                    
Hafen               harbor, harbour, port
Halbinsel           peninsula
Hochfeld, Hochland  highland, upland
Höhe                height
Höhenzug(-züge)     ridge(-s), chain(-s)
Horn (Hörner)       horn(-s)
Hügel               knoll, hill
Huk                 tongue, cape
Hütte               hut
                    
Inlandeis           inland ice
Insel(-n)           island(-s)
                    
Joch                pass, col
                    
Kamm                crest, ridge
Kap                 cape
Kar                 corrie, cirque
Kette(-n)           chain(-s), range(-s)
Klamm               defile, gulch, gorge
Kliff               bluff, cliff
Klippe(-n)          rock(-s)
Kogel               cone
Kopf                head
Kuppe, Kuppel       dome
                    
Land                land
Landspitze          headland, cape, point
Leiste              ledge
                    
Massiv              massif
Moräne              moraine
Mulde               depression
                    
Nase                nose, point
Nunatak(-takker)    nunatak(-s)
                    
Paß                 pass
Passage             passage
Pik                 peak
Plateau             plateau, highland
Platte, Plattform   platform
Pyramide            pyramid
                    
Riegel              ridge, spur
Riff                reef
Rücken              rigde
Ruine               ruin
                    
Sattel              saddle
Scharte             gap
Schneefeld          snowfield
See(-n)             lake(-s)
See                 sea
Seenplatte          lakes area
Schelfeis           ice shelf
Spitze(-n)          needle(-s), top(-s)
Sporn               spur
Steilwand           scarp, crag
Stein               stone, rock
Strand              shore
Straße              strait, way, road
                    
Tal, Thal           valley
Terrasse            terrace
Territorium         territory
                    
Vorgebirge          foothills, head
Vortiefe            deeps, depression
Vulkan              volcano
                    
Wand                wall
Wasserfall          waterfall