Terrain

Terrain is a strange beast in Civilization games. For the most part, it is your greatest supply of resource; the more technology you unlock the more you can transform seemingly useless land into improvements that render quite a lot to your economy at a small, linear price. Terrain and Resources differ, but they refer pretty much to the same things. -- Jennie Rose 03:04, April 5, 2012 (UTC)

The Terrain
These lists are condensed and combined lists from Civilization 4 and Civilization 5, since they are so simple and the concepts are applied so differently in the two games.

Base Terrains

 * Lake
 * Coast
 * Ocean
 * Ice
 * Mountain
 * Oasis
 * Desert
 * Floodplain
 * Grassland
 * Hill
 * Plains
 * Snow
 * Tundra
 * Forest
 * Jungle
 * Marsh
 * River

Natural Wonders
Natural wonders are only found in Civilization 5. They are listed here for completeness.
 * Cerro de Potosi
 * El Dorado
 * The Fountain of Youth
 * Krakatoa
 * Mt Fuji
 * Old Faithful
 * Rock of Gibraltar
 * The Barringer Crater
 * The Grand Mesa
 * The Great Barrier Reef