Island, shore

Words referring to land in contrast with the sea or river.

• What words refer to the land in contrast to the sea?
  land (and sea) dry land mainland continent inland interior terrestrial
• What words refer to an island?
  island isle islet archipelago atoll key
• What words are used of the edge of a lake or sea?
  shore beach coast coastal coastland seaboard seashore shoreline foreshore edge strand reef coral reef water-front strip
• What words refer to a bay?
  bay gulf cove fjord harbor inlet lagoon sound strait port
• What words refer to a peninsula?
  peninsula promontory cape
• What words are used of the edge of a river?
  bank riverbank levee sandbar embankment
• What words describe something near water?
  seaside beachfront lakeside bordering
• What words refer to a place where the water is shallow?
  shallows shoal