ág                                           árok                                        barázda

fork                                         moat,                                       furrow

trench

 

bérc                                        bevágás                                  csúcs

knoll                                       gully                                        peak

 

domb                                      fal                                           fenékcsatorna

mound                                     escarpment,                             channel,

                                               scarp                                       sea channel

 

fenékhegy                              fenékhegyek                          fenékhegység

seamount                                 abyssal hills,                           mountains

                                               seamounts

 

fenéksíkság                           gát                                          hasadék

abyssal plain,                         levee                                       submarine

                                                                                               trough,

                                                                                               trough valley,

                                                                                               trough

 

hát                                          hátság                                    hegylánc

rise                                         ridge                                       cordillera

 

hordaléklejtő                         horhos                                    kereszthátság

cone,                                       ravine                                     transverse ridge

fan,

submarine cone

 

kontinensperem                    kontinenstalp                         középárok

continental                              continental                              median valley,

margin                                    rise                                         rift,

                                                                                               rift valley

 

külső hát                                lejtő                                        lejtővidék

outer rise                                continental                              borderland,

                                               slope,                                      continental

                                               slope                                       borderland

 

lyuk                                        magaslat                                medence

hole                                        hill                                          basin

 

mélység                                  nyelv                                       nyereg

deep                                        tongue                                     saddle

 

nyúlvány                                pad                                         padka

spur                                        bank,                                       bench

                                               marine bank

 

párkány                                  plató                                       rézsű

ledge                                       plateau                                    ramp

 

self                                         selfszegély                             selfvölgy

continental                              shelf break,                             shelf valley

shelf,                                       shelf edge

shelf

 

sík                                           szakadék                                szirt

flat                                          gap                                          pinnacle

 

szurdok                                  táblahegy                               talp

canyon,                                   guyot,                                      sill

submarine                               tablemount

canyon

 

terasz                                     törésöv                                   törmelékkúp

deep sea terrace,                    fracture zone                           apron

terrace                                                                                    archipelagic apron

 

vidék                                      vonulat                                   völgy

province                                 range                                       sea valley,

                                                                                               submarine valley,

                                                                                               valley

 

zátony

reef,

shoal

 

Szeretném felhívni a figyelmet arra, hogy a Földrajzinév-bizottság által megállapított magyar megfelelők listájában három olyan foggalom szerepel, amelyeket az amerikai névtár 2. és 3. kiadása nemtartalmaz. Ezek a következők:

 

fenékhegyek                          kontinensperem                     selfszegély

abyssal hills,                          continental                              shelf break,

seamounts                               margin                                     shelf edge