Geography Of The World

Mountains

Sierra Madre Oriental

The Sierra Madre Oriental is a mountain range located in the northeast of Mexico. It is part of a much larger range that forms a near-continuous line of mountains and peaks through North America,

Geography

Where Was Babylon And What Happened To It?

Babylon is one of the most famous cities of antiquity. Babylon was the capital of the southern Mesopotamia (Babylonia) from the early second millennium to the early first millennium BCE.

Rivers

Danube Delta

The Danube Delta is the second-largest and the best-preserved river delta in the continent of Europe. The Danube Delta covers a total area of 5,165 sq. km.

Rivers

Apalachicola River

The large watershed of the Apalachicola River is referred to as the ACF River Basin that drains a vast area of about 50,505 sq. km.

Geography

Arctic Vs. Antarctic

The Arctic is the northernmost region of the Earth that features a large ocean covered by a thin layer of perennial sea ice and is almost entirely surrounded by land.

Geography

How Old Is The Earth?

Based on the evidence obtained from the radioactive dating of the isotopes in the meteorites, it is believed that the Earth formed about 4.54 ± 0.05 billion years ago.

Rivers

Charles River

Also referred to as River Charles, the Charles River is a 129 km long river that flows in the eastern portion of the US State of Massachusetts.

Geography

Mongol Empire

The Mongol Empire was the most extensive, contiguous empire in human history. At its height, it controlled most of Asia and a large part of Europe.

Mountains

Vaca Mountains

The Vaca Mountains are part of the inner North Coast Ranges of California forming the Napa Valley's eastern boundary.

Geography

Second French Colonial Empire

The Second French Colonial Empire consisted of the colonial territories seized by France from 1830 until the mid-20th century.

Straits

Florida Strait

The Florida Strait is a water channel, or stream, which connects the Gulf of Mexico to the more expansive Atlantic Ocean.

Geography

Is The United Kingdom A Part Of Europe?

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland that together makeup the United Kingdom is almost universally considered part of Europe.

Lakes

What Are The Finger Lakes?

The Finger Lakes are a group of eleven lakes in upstate New York, United States, named for their long, narrow shape.

Geography

Why Are The Tropics Of Cancer And Capricorn So Important?

The Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn are latitudes to the north and south of the Equator. Latitude is an invisible line that runs around the outside of the Earth in a ring.

Geography

Gulf Stream

The Gulf Stream is a warm and relatively fast-moving current in the Atlantic Ocean that starts at the tip of Florida, United States.

Rivers

Yazoo River

The Yazoo River is located in Louisiana and Mississippi, in the United States. It is generally thought to mark the southern border of the Mississippi Delta floodplain.

Islands

Fire Island

Fire Island is one of the outer barrier islands that runs parallel to the south shore of Long Island, New York. The island continues to have an active tourist and recreational industry.

Rivers

Kaveri River

Also referred to as “Cauvery”, the Kaveri River is an 805km long river that flows through the Indian States of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, and the Union Territory of Puducherry.

Lakes

Limnic Eruptions: When Lakes Explode

A limnic eruption is defined as "a rare type of natural disaster in which dissolved carbon dioxide suddenly erupts from deep lake waters.

Islands

Jones Beach Island

Jones Beach Island is an outer barrier island off the southern coast of Long Island in New York State, United States of America.

Geography

San Andreas Fault

San Andreas Fault is a major continental transform boundary that is situated in the extreme western part of the continent of North America.

Geography

British Empire

The British Empire was the largest empire in human history. It consisted of the colonial possessions of what is now the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Islands

Robben Island

Robben Island is an island in the Atlantic Ocean in Table Bay, approximately 7 kilometers west of the mainland and 10 kilometers north of Cape Town.

Geography

Aztec Empire

According to Aztec legend, they came from a place called Aztlán, thought to be somewhere in present-day northern Mexico.

Islands

Absecon Island

Absecon Island is a barrier island along the Jersey Shore of the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of New Jersey, United States of America.

Geography

Russian Empire

The Russian Empire was a vast empire that once spanned large parts of Europe and Asia. It began in the 13th century as the small principality of Moscow.

Volcanoes

Mauna Loa

Mauna Loa is one of the five active shield volcanoes in the Hawaiian Islands that form the Big Island of Hawai'i.

Islands

Dauphin Island, Alabama

Dauphin Island is one of the barrier islands in the Gulf Coast, off the coast of Alabama, in the United States. The island itself is in the outer part of Mobile Bay.

Islands

Captiva Island

Captiva Island, sister to the larger Sanibel Island, is located off the southwest coast of Florida, United States. Just south of Cayo Costa and west of Cape Coral and Pine Island/

Geography

Umayyad Caliphate

The Umayyad Caliphate was an Islamic Empire that ruled North Africa, the Middle East, and even significant parts of Europe and the Indian Subcontinent.

Geography

Spanish Empire

The Spanish Empire, controlled by the Kingdom of Spain, endured from the 15th century all the way into the 20th century.

Islands

Saipan Island

Saipan Island sits within the-15 tropical islands chain, the Marianas archipelago, with a total area of 115.39 sq.km and the population nearing 70,000.

Geography

Mali Empire

The Mali Empire was a large empire in West Africa. It rose from the ashes of the Ghana Empire (not to be confused with the modern country of Ghana).

Lakes

Lake Minnewanka

Lake Minnewanka is a glacial lake located just outside the town of Banff, in Alberta, Canada. The lake has a surface area of 22 square kilometers.

Canyons

Caminito del Rey

El Caminito del Rey is a 3km long and 1m wide walkway that is situated more than 100m above the Guadalhorce River in Spain.

Mountains

Angels Landing

Formerly referred to as the “Temple of Aeolus”, Angels Landing is a unique natural rock formation that is situated in the Zion National Park.

Islands

Salt Spring Island

Salt Spring Island is one of the large Gulf Islands situated in the Strait of Georgia of the Salish Sea between British Columbia and Vancouver Island.

Geysers

Old Faithful Geyser

Geysers are transient geological features that periodically eject jets of steam and a column of hot water. They are usually found close to active volcanic areas.

Islands

Kuril Islands

The Kuril Islands is an island group in the Russian Far East that forms the boundary between the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk.

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