| abyssal plain | beach | breaker (breaking wave) |
| continental margin | continental shelf | convection |
| crest | deep-sea sediments (oozes) | density |
| downwelling | ebb (tidal) | fetch |
| flow (tidal) | Gulf Stream | land breeze |
| longshore drift | magnetic patterns | manganese nodules |
| maritime climate | mid-ocean ridge | neap tide |
| ocean current | reef | salinity |
| sandbar | sea breeze | spit |
| spring tide | subduction | surf |
| thermohaline circulation | tide | trench |
| trough | upwelling | wave |
| wind | wind-driven circulation |
