濠洲

Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)

(geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)


맥

the hanja entry at 脈 for Sino-Korean compounds of 맥

something resembling a blood vessel-like network:


대

Sino-Korean word from 代 (“to replace; generation”), from the Middle Korean reading ᄃᆡ〯 (Yale: tǒy).


도

the hanja entry at 度 for Sino-Korean compounds of 도

동경 125도 ― donggyeong baegisibo-do ― longitude 125° E

(geography) degree of longitude or latitude


도

—도 (canonical)
-do (romanization)
島 (hanja)

제주도 (濟州島)

the hanja entry at 島 for Sino-Korean compounds of 도


갑

Sino-Korean word from 岬 (“cape, promontory, headland”)


위

(geography) Short for 위도(緯度) (wido, “latitude”).

the hanja entry at 緯 for Sino-Korean compounds of 위


반도

Sino-Korean word from 半島, from 半 (“half”) + 島 (“island”). Possibly a calque of a Western word such as peninsula or Halbinsel.


핵

the hanja entry at 核 for Sino-Korean compounds of 핵

core of planets or other celestial bodies:


간헐천

[ˈka̠(ː)nɦʌ̹ʎt͡ɕʰʌ̹n]

Sino-Korean word from 間歇泉, from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 間歇泉(かんけつせん) (kanketsusen).

(planetology, geology, volcanology) a geyser


습지

[sʰɯp̚t͡ɕ͈i]

반딧불이는 깨끗한 하천이나 습지에 산다.

Fireflies live in clean streams or wetlands.

Banditburi-neun kkaekkeuthan hacheon-ina seupji-e sanda.

(geology) marsh, wetlands, swamp, boggy ground


고조

Sino-Korean word from 高潮, from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 高潮 (kōchō).


육교

Sino-Korean word from 陸橋 (“land bridge”). See also Japanese 陸橋(りっきょう) (rikkyō, “overpass”).


북위

Sino-Korean word from 北緯, from 北 (“north”) + 緯 (“latitude”)


갯벌

[ke̞t̚p͈ʌ̹ɭ]

From 개 (gae, “estuary”) + ㅅ (-s-, genitive marker) + 벌 (beol, “field”).


심해

[ˈɕʰi(ː)mɦɛ]

Sino-Korean word from 深海, from 深 (“deep”) + 海 (“sea”)

ko-etym-sino

(oceanography) the deep sea, beginning at 2000 meters below sea level


사화산

Sino-Korean word from 死火山, from 死 (“death”) + 火山 (“volcano”).


월장석

[wʌ̹ʎd͡ʑa̠ŋsʰʌ̹k̚]

From 월 (wol, “moon”) + 장석 (jangseok, “feldspar”).


내핵

[ˈnɛ(ː)ɦɛk̚]

Coordinate term: 외핵(外核) (oehaek, “outer core”)


외핵

[ˈø̞(ː)ɦɛk̚]

[ˈø̞(ː)ɦe̞k̚]

Coordinate term: 내핵(內核) (naehaek, “inner core”)


사석

[sʰa̠sʰʌ̹k̚]

Sino-Korean word from 沙 (“sand”) + 錫 (“tin”).


광맥

Sino-Korean word from 鑛脈, from 鑛 (“mineral, ore”) + 脈 (“vein”).


산곡

Sino-Korean word from 山谷, from 山 (“mountain”) + 谷 (“valley”).


고원지대

Sino-Korean word from 고원(高原) (gowon, “plateau”) + 지대(地帶) (jidae, “region”).


접경지대

jeopgyeongjidae (romanization)
接境地帶 (hanja)

[t͡ɕʌ̹p̚k͈jʌ̹ŋd͡ʑidɛ]

[t͡ɕʌ̹p̚k͈jʌ̹ŋd͡ʑide̞]

Sino-Korean word from 접경(接境) (jeopgyeong, “border”) + 지대(地帶) (jidae, “region”).


화산지대

Sino-Korean word from 화산(火山) (hwasan, “volcano”) + 지대(地帶) (jidae, “region”).


악지

Sino-Korean word from 惡 (“bad”) + 地 (“land”).


청연석

cheong'yeonseok (romanization)
靑鉛石 (hanja)

[t͡ɕʰʌ̹ŋjʌ̹nsʰʌ̹k̚]

Sino-Korean word from 靑 (“blue, blue-green”) + 鉛 (“iron”) + 石 (“stone”).


청연광

cheong'yeon'gwang (romanization)
靑鉛鑛 (hanja)

[t͡ɕʰʌ̹ŋjʌ̹nɡwa̠ŋ]

Sino-Korean word from 靑 (“blue, blue-green”) + 鉛 (“lead”) + 鑛 (“mineral, ore”).


뵘석

[pø̞msʰʌ̹k̚]

From 뵘 (boem, “Böhm”) + 석(石) (seok, “rock”).


단층

[ta̠ɲt͡ɕʰɯŋ]

Sino-Korean word from 斷層, from 斷 (“break”) + 層 (“layer, level, floor”).

사행 단층

(geology) fault (geology fracture in rock)


습지대

[sʰɯp̚t͡ɕ͈idɛ]

Sino-Korean word from 습지(濕地) (seupji, “wetland”) + 帶 (“zone, area”).

그 습지대는 많은 야생동물의 서식지다.

The wetlands are home to a wide variety of wildlife.

Geu seupjidae-neun maneun yasaengdongmur-ui seosikjida.

(geography) wetlands, swamplands, marshlands


펄

갯벌

a more general term referring to flatland near estuaries, including sandy banks


석회석

[sʰʌ̹kʰwe̞sʰʌ̹k̚]

[sʰʌ̹kʰø̞sʰʌ̹k̚]


석회암

[sʰʌ̹kʰø̞a̠m]


안반

Sino-Korean word from 岸畔, from 岸 (“bank, shore, coast”) + 畔 (“side, bank”).

ko-sino

(geography) riverside, riverbank; seashore, coast


징검다리

[t͡ɕiŋɡʌ̹mda̠ɾi]

First attested in the Yeogeo yuhae (譯語類解 / 역어유해), 1690, as Early Modern Korean 딩검ᄃᆞ리, compound of 딩검 (tingkem) + ᄃᆞ리 (toli). By surface analysis, 징검 (jinggeom) + 다리 (dari, “bridge”).

surf

(petrology) stepping stones across a stream


아열대

[ˈa̠(ː)jʌ̹ɭdɛ]

Sino-Korean word from 亞熱帶, from 亞 (“sub-”) + 熱帶 (“tropics”).


남극점

[na̠mɡɯk̚t͡ɕ͈ʌ̹m]


북극점

[puk̚k͈ɯk̚t͡ɕ͈ʌ̹m]