geography

Pertaining to the see or province of a metropolitan.

The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the center of the sun, or a star, at its rising or setting. At the rising, the amplitude is eastern or ortive: at the setting, it is western, occiduous, or occasive. It is also northern or southern, when north or south of the equator.

The shape, outline, or boundary of a coast.

Pertaining to (the dimension of) space.

A kind of sloping embankment used as a coastal defence.

A loose accumulation of rock and soil debris at the foot of a slope

The circular card attached to the needles of a mariner's compass, on which are marked the thirty-two points or rhumbs.

A small stream of water.

(of a path etc) Having many bends; winding, twisting or tortuous.

Sprawling; covered or filled (with something sprawling).

The act of inundating; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds.

An alluvial plain that may or may not experience occasional or periodic flooding.

A rock pinnacle on a mountain ridge.

A low point or depression in land; especially, a place where water collects.

A (small) island, compare with islet.

The source of a river, information, goods, etc.

A hill or mound, originally and especially in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements.

To divide into or organize according to regions.

To mark the limits or boundaries of something; to delimit.

The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbour, or channel.