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Anonymous can you tell me if there is any possibility to say 'There are a hiII, a river, a mountain...'?

Yes, it’s possible.

Anonymouscan you say 'There's a woods'?

Yes.

Oh reaIIy? I thought that woods in pIuraI. And isn't 'are' used onIy for nouns in pIuraI?

AnonymousI thought that woods in pIuraI.

It’s singular.

In British English, the word 'wood' is singular, and 'woods' plural. The plural word may refer to a singular area, but it still requires a plural verb.

The woods are over there.
The wood is over there.

We would say only, "There's a wood", not "There are some woods".

fivejedjonThe woods are over there.

This sounds natural to me, though the COCA’s got some citations for woods used with a plural verb.

I see. What I ment was the word woods in terms of a forest.
So I see a foret (for exampIe) I say 'Iook, there's a woods' I can't ever say 'there are some woods' when I'm for exampIe describing a Iandscape?

'There is a hiII, a river, a mountain...' is correct In British English.

Aspara GusCOCA’s got some citations for singular woods.

The few that I found would be considered substandard in BrE. I couldn't find any in the British National Corpus. This must be a BrE/AmE difference.

For completeness' sake, American English does not use the singular "wood" to refer to a forest. "There's a wood in the valley" would sound like nonsense.

Yoong Liat'There is a hiII, a river, a mountain...' is correct In British English.

Hmm.

In informal spoken English, 'There's a hill, a river, a mountain....' would pass unnoticed. I think few of us would feel very happy about 'There is a hill, a river, a mountain...' in (semi-) formal writing.