Geography Of The World

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.

Lakes

Cultus Lake, British Columbia

Cultus Lake is located in the Fraser Valley area of British Columbia. The lake has a surface area of 6.3 km2 and is the source of the Sweltzer River.

Canyons

Cataract Canyon

Cataract Canyon is a 74km long canyon formed by the mighty Colorado River in the southern part of the US State of Utah.

Canyons

Glenwood Canyon

Glenwood Canyon is a 20km rugged canyon situated in the west-central part of the US State of Colorado.

Lakes

Abraham Lake

Abraham Lake is a reservoir, or artificial lake, located in western Alberta, Canada. It sits in the Kootenay Plains area of the Canadian Rocky Mountains.

Islands

Edisto Island

Edisto Island is one of the Sea Islands situated in the US State of South Carolina, approximately 68km to the southwest of the city of Charleston.

Caves

Cave Of The Crystals

The Giant Crystal Cave, also known as the Cave of the Crystals, is a horse-shaped cave beneath the Sierra de Naica in Chihuahua, Mexico.

Volcanoes

Kilauea

The shield volcano is located in the southeastern part of Mauna Loa and is the main attraction of the Hawaii Volcano National Park.

Rivers

New River (Mexico–United States)

New River is a river in North America that flows north from Cerro Prieto, Mexico, into the Salton Sea in Imperial County, California, United States.

Canyons

Marble Canyon

Marble Canyon is located in northern Arizona and is part of the much larger Colorado River canyon. It forms a natural western boundary for the Navajo Nation.

Rivers

Guadalupe River, Texas

The Guadalupe River is a 370km long river that originates in the western portion of Kerr County in the US State of Texas.

Valleys

Imperial Valley

The Imperial Valley is an extensively irrigated area in California, located between the Riverside and Imperial Counties.

Canyons

Agawa Canyon

The Agawa canyon is a naturally occurring shallow canyon in Ontario, Canada. The canyon sits in the Algoma District.

Mountains

Ozark Mountains

The Ozark Mountains, also known as the Ozark Plateaus or simply as Ozarks, are a highland region in the south-central United States.

Canyons

Grand Canyon

The Grand Canyon National Park covers an area of 4,926.08 sq. km in the extreme northwestern corner of the US State of Arizona.

Lakes

Grand Lake, Colorado

Grand Lake is the biggest and deepest natural water body that is situated in Grand County, in the north-central part of the US State of Colorado.

Caves

Wells Gray Park Cave Discovery

The Wells Gray Park Cave discovery was the discovery of a karst cave in the remote area of British Columbia’s Wells Gray Provincial Park in 2018.

Lakes

Lake Albert, Africa

Lake Albert, also known as Lake Nyanza and formerly called Lake Mobutu Sese Seko or Lake Mwitanzige, is Africa’s 7th largest lake.

Rivers

Garonne River

Garonne River is a transboundary river that rises in Spain’s Central Pyrenees and flows through southwestern France before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean.

Rivers

Dan River

The Dan River is a major river in the Southeastern United States that flows for about 344 kilometers from Patrick County in Virginia into Kerr Lake in North Carolina.

Lakes

Lake Athabasca

Lake Athabasca is a glacial lake in Canada straddling the Saskatchewan-Alberta border, just south of the Northwest Territories.

Geography

Tornado Alley

Tornado Alley refers to a region in the central United States frequented by tornadoes. In this area, a tornado occurs when the moist air from the Gulf of Mexico meets the dry cold air from Canada.

Lakes

Antero Reservoir

Antero Reservoir is an artificial reservoir that has been created by the construction of an earthen dam on the South Platte River.

Lakes

Lake Cahuilla

Lake Cahuilla is an ancient lake that existed up to 1580 located between northern Mexico and California. The prehistoric lake covered the Imperial and Coachella Valleys.

Lakes

The Largest Lakes In Australia

Australia is a vast and arid landscape generally associated with desert ecosystems or coastal regions. It does, however, have many large lakes.

Rivers

Zambezi River

Zambezi River, sometimes spelled as Zambesi or Zambeze, is Africa’s 4th longest river and the continent’s longest east-flowing stream.

Deserts

Sahara Desert

Covering a massive area of 9,200,000 sq. km, the Sahara Desert is considered the world’s largest hot desert and the third most extensive desert.

Lakes

Lake Retba

Lake Retba, also known as Lac Rose, is a pink lake in West Africa located on the edge of Cap Vert Peninsula in Senegal.

Geography

Siberia

Siberia is the northernmost region of Asia. Most of the region belongs to the Russian Federation. In fact, it comprises most of Russia’s territory.

Lakes

10 Largest Lakes In North America

There are 64 different noted lakes in North America. The following lakes are the top 10 largest lakes (by surface area) in North America. 

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