terrain

To locate and draw attention to a lost hiker on mountainous terrain, Sgiath is trained to bark and bounce around to attract attention.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

In southern Madagascar, one particularly striking deposit forms a roughly circular feature that is easily distinguishable from the surrounding terrain.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

This seems like a helpful tip for approaching boglands, and perhaps life itself—a rich, shifting terrain that defies permanent shape or solid boundaries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Bogs have long been considered murky, impenetrable terrain, prompting a quagmire of expressions, such as “bogged down,” that suggest a lack of progress.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

It looked not only impossible to go down—even with empty canoes—but the shoreline’s terrain looked too difficult to even build a portage.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple

Until last year, firefighters for the National Forest Service were banned from wearing face masks due to concerns about their ability to operate in rugged mountain terrains.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

The U.S. has a diverse range of terrains across its 3.8 million square miles, including the desert in the Southwest.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026

Part of the museum’s expansive textile collection, Rosalena’s 27-foot-long tapestry is woven with hand-weaving patterns using satellite images the artist distorted from planetary terrains from Mars and Earth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

Sulfate minerals are widespread throughout the Valles Marineris region, especially in rugged landscapes called chaotic terrains.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 10, 2026

On top of that, they had selected one of the most nearly impossible terrains on Earth.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson