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How to describe a landscape in Polish? Posted by on Aug 24, 2018 in Nature, Phrases, Vocabulary

The Polish landscape is very diverse due to the many elements that have formed it over millions of years. Volcanoes, glaciers, water and wind have created beautiful scenery across the whole of Poland, starting from the Mountains in the South through the central lowlands to the Lake District – Masuria and Baltic Sea – in the North.

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So how do you exactly describe the landscape in Polish? Here a little “help list” for you! It may help you to describe the landscape of the place you live to a Polish friend:)

mainland – ląd

ocean – ocean

sea – morze

river – rzeka

lake – jezioro

pond – staw

waterfall – wodospad

bay – zatoka

lowland – nizina

valley – dolina

upland – wyżyna

mountains – góry

mountain range – łańcuch górski

plain – równina

desert – pustynia

oasis – oaza

savanna – sawana

jungle – dżungla

swamp – bagno

volcano – wulkan

equator – równik

continent – kontynent

island – wyspa

wilderness – pustkowie, odludzie

Mediterranean – Morze Śródziemnie

rain forest – las deszczowy

north pole – biegun północny

south pole – biegun poludniowy

aquatic – wodny

sandy – piaszczysty

rocky – skalisty

hilly – pokryty pagórkami

mountainous – górzysty

volcanic – wulkaniczny

inhabited – zamieszkały

uninhabited – niezamieszkały

at the coast – na wybrzeżu

coastline – linia brzegowa

deserted beach – opuszczona plaża

riverside – na brzegu rzeki

estuary – ujście rzeki

cliff – urwisko

cape – przylądek

peninsula – półwysep

gorge – wąwóz

glacier – lodowiec

strait – cieśnina

brook – strumyk

stream – potok

wood – las

impressive – robiący wrażenie

marsh – bagna, moczary

meadow – łąka

scenic – malowniczy

field – pole

chasm – przepaść

dune – wydma

source – źródło

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About the Author: Kasia

My name is Kasia Scontsas. I grew near Lublin, Poland and moved to Warsaw to study International Business. I have passion for languages: any languages! Currently I live in New Hampshire. I enjoy skiing, kayaking, biking and paddle boarding. My husband speaks a little Polish, but our daughters are fluent in it! I wanted to make sure that they can communicate with their Polish relatives in our native language. Teaching them Polish since they were born was the best thing I could have given them! I have been writing about learning Polish language and culture for Transparent Language’s Polish Blog since 2010.