beach; sandy shore; CL:片[pian4]

beach; shoal; rapids; CL:片[pian4]; classifier for liquids: pool, puddle

shallows; shoal; sandbar

beach; sand bank

the Bund, a waterfront promenade in central Shanghai, running along the western bank of the Huangpu River

to make an amphibious assault; to seize a beachhead; to gain a foothold in (a new market)

hidden shoal

river bank; river shore; strand

see 沿灘區|沿滩区[Yan2 tan1 Qu1]

mudflat

salt flats; salt lake

shoals; rapids; treacherous section of a river

see 冷水灘區|冷水滩区[Leng3 shui3 tan1 Qu1]

Gudong desert or Antiques desert at Han dynasty Yangguan pass 陽關|阳关[Yang2 guan1], named after many Han dynasty archaeological discoveries

Gobi desert

beach shoes; wetsuit booties

floodplain

Yantan, a district of Zigong City 自貢市|自贡市[Zi4 gong4 Shi4], Sichuan

beachhead (military)

see 白鹼灘區|白碱滩区[Bai2 jian3 tan1 Qu1]

Baihetan, the name of a hydroelectric dam on the Jinsha River 金沙江[Jin1 sha1 Jiang1] at a point where the river forms a border between Yunnan and Sichuan

see 紅穀灘區|红谷滩区[Hong2 gu3 tan1 Qu1]

Lengshuitan, a district of Yongzhou City 永州市[Yong3 zhou1 Shi4], Hunan

barren sands of the Gobi desert

beach volleyball

Baijiantan, a district of Karamay City 克拉瑪依市|克拉玛依市[Ke4 la1 ma3 yi1 Shi4], Xinjiang

Honggutan, a district of Nanchang City 南昌市[Nan2 chang1 Shi4], Jiangxi