- 牛轭湖 niú'èhú oxbow lakeA U-shaped or crescent-shaped lake that forms when a wide bend in a river is cut off from the main channel
- 牛轭礁 niú'èjiāo Niu'e ReefNiu'e Reef; a boomerang-shaped reef in the South China Sea claimed by China, Vietnam, and the Philippines, also known as Whitsun Reef or Julian Felipe Reef