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• aquifer go
  underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc
  
• beach go
  an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
  
• cave go
  a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea
  
• drop, drop-off, cliff go
  a steep high face of rock
  
• delta go
  a low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water
  
• diapir go
  a domed rock formation where a core of rock has moved upward and pierced through the more brittle overlying strata
  
• folium go
  a thin layer or stratum of (especially metamorphic) rock
  
• foreshore go
  the part of the seashore between the highwater mark and the low-water mark
  
• ice mass go
  a large mass of ice
  
• lakefront go
  land bordering a lake
  
• massif go
  a block of the earth's crust bounded by faults and shifted to form peaks of a mountain range
  
• monocline go
  a geological formation in which all strata are inclined in the same direction
  
• mouth go
  the point where a stream issues into a larger body of water
  
• depression, natural depression go
  a sunken or depressed geological formation
  
• elevation, natural elevation go
  a raised or elevated geological formation
  
• oceanfront go
  land bordering an ocean
  
• chain, range, mountain range, range of mountains, mountain chain, chain of mountains go
  a series of hills or mountains
  
• relict go
  geological feature that is a remnant of a pre-existing formation after other parts have disappeared
  
• ridge, ridgeline go
  a long narrow range of hills
  
• ridge go
  a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean
  
• shore go
  the land along the edge of a body of water
  
• incline, side, slope go
  an elevated geological formation
  
• spring, outpouring, fountain, outflow, natural spring go
  a natural flow of ground water
  
• talus, scree go
  a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff
  
• vein, mineral vein go
  a layer of ore between layers of rock
  
• crater, volcanic crater go
  a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano
  
• wall go
  a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain)
  
• water level, water table, groundwater level go
  underground surface below which the ground is wholly saturated with water