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Beck = creek
Brow = projecting upper part or margin
of a steep place
Burn = brook
Cairn = heap of stones piled up as a
memorial or landmark
Cirque = steep, hollow excavation high
on a mountainside, made by glacial erosion
Col = gap between peaks in a mountain
range, used as a pass
Corrie = round hollow in a hillside
Dale = valley
Defile = narrow passage or gorge
Escarpment = steep slope or cliff formed by
erosion (or faulting)
Fell = rocky or barren hill; a moor;
cliff
Firth = narrow inlet or arm of the sea;
estuary
Force = cascade; waterfall
Gill = narrow stream; brook; wooded
ravine or glen
Hiatus = gap
Kirk = church
Mire = area of wet, soggy ground; bog
Oblique = 45 degrees
Rake = inclination from the
perpendicular (overhang)
Sike = stream
Stile = step or set of steps over a
fence or walk
Swale = hollow depression or low area of
land
Tarn = small lake, especially one that
fills a cirque
Tumulus = artificial mound, especially an
ancient burial mound; barrow (heap of rocks or earth covering a
grave)
Verge = grassy border, as along a road
Wicket = small door or
gate, especially one set in or near a larger door or gate
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