Geography Of The World

Mountains

Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia

Santa Marta mountain range is a coastal mountain range located in northern Colombia, covering approximately 17,000 square kilometers.

Lakes

Theodore Roosevelt Lake

The Theodore Roosevelt Lake occupies an area of 21,493 acres and is considered the largest lake that is situated fully within Arizona.

Geography

Eastern Himalaya Biodiversity Hotspot

The Eastern Himalayas cover a total area of 524,190 sq.km, and extends from Central Nepal’s Koshi Valley to northwest Yunnan in China.

Rivers

Arkansas River

The Arkansas River is the US's sixth-longest river and one of the Mississippi River’s major tributaries, covering 2,364 kilometers.

Geography

Federal Republic Of Central America

The Federal Republic of Central America, also known as the United Provinces of Central America, was a short-lived country in Central America.

Lakes

Lake Tanganyika

Lake Tanganyika is in fact the largest rift lake found in Africa. Along with bordering multiple countries, the lake is also positioned on the Albertine Rift.

Mountains

Kunlun Mountains

The Kunlun Mountains are considered one of Asia’s longest mountain ranges that extends for more than 3,000km.

Lakes

Loch Ness

Most highly associated with the Loch Ness monster, Loch Ness is a lake in the highlands of Scotland. It is more specifically located in the Glen Mor.

Rivers

Nile River

The River Nile, known as the father of the African River, is Africa and the world’s longest river, stretching approximately 6,650 kilometers.

Rivers

Rhine River

The Rhine River is the 11th longest river in Europe, stretching approximately 1,230 km from its source in Switzerland to its mouth on the North Sea in the Netherlands.

Plateaus

Deccan Plateau

The Deccan Plateau is a large plateau that occupies major parts of western and southern India. The plateau covers an area of 4,22,000 sq. km.

Rivers

Volga River

The Volga River Basin covers almost two-fifth of European Russia and hosts about half of Russia’s population.

Plateaus

Tibetan Plateau

Covering an area of about 2,500,000 sq. km and with an average elevation of over 4,500m, the Tibetan Plateau is considered as the world’s highest plateau.

Valleys

Valley Of The Ten Peaks, Canada

The Valley of the Ten Peaks is in Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada, in the Canadian Rockies. The park is 180 kilometers west of Calgary, Alberta.

Bays

Hạ Long Bay, Vietnam

In the northeast of Vietnam, one can find Ha Long Bay, with its collection of limestone karst landscape rising from the water's surface to form islands.

Rivers

Mekong River

The Mekong River is the world’s 12th longest river covering close to 5,000 kilometers from its source in the Tibetan Plateau to the Mekong Delta.

Rivers

Seine River

The Seine River is France’s second-longest river after the Loire, covering a distance of 775 km and has a drainage basin of approximately 79,000 sq. km.

Lakes

Lake Michigan

Encompassing an area of 58,030 sq. km, Lake Michigan is the 3rd largest of the Great Lakes by surface area and the 2nd largest by volume.

Geography

What Is A Wetland?

Depending on the type of wetland, they may be permanently or temporarily flooded, and the depth and duration of the flooding vary.

Geography

The Population Of India

With about 1.35 billion people, India is the world’s second most populated country (after China) and the most populous democracy.

Geography

Iron Curtain

The term, “Iron Curtain” described the post-World War II divide between Western Europe and the communist countries of Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.

Geography

Berlin Wall

The building of the Berlin Wall did not mark the beginning of the Iron Curtain or the Cold War, but the fall of the Berlin Wall certainly marked the end of both.

Geography

Who Owns Navassa Island?

Navassa Island is a tiny island of about 5 square kilometers in the Caribbean Sea, located in the Jamaican Channel and Windward Passage.

Lakes

Lake Huron

Lake Huron has a length 332km of and a maximum width of 295km. The lake has a mean surface elevation of 176m, which is similar to that of Lake Michigan.

Lakes

Lake Ontario

Encompassing an area of 19,000 sq. km, Lake Ontario is the smallest of the Great Lakes and the world’s 14th largest lake.

Geography

New England (United States)

New England is composed of 6 U.S. states: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.

Lakes

Lake Superior

Lake Superior is the largest and northernmost of the Great Lakes. At 82,000 square kilometers, it is the world’s largest freshwater lake by surface area.

Seas

Caribbean Sea

The Caribbean Sea is the Atlantic Ocean’s 2nd largest marginal sea that is positioned between the continents of North and South America.

Lakes

Lake Erie

Lake Erie is the fourth-largest and the southernmost of the Great Lakes in North America’s upper mid-eastern region. It is also the warmest, shallowest, and smallest of the Great Lakes by volume.

Straits

Sunda Strait

Situated between the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Java, the Sunda Strait links the Java Sea of the western Pacific Ocean with the eastern Indian Ocean.

Seas

Bass Strait

The Bass Strait is a water channel between the island of Tasmania and the State of Victoria on the mainland of Australia.

Mountains

Table Mountain, South Africa

Cape Town’s Table Mountain in South Africa, locally called Tafelberg in Afrikaans and Hoerikwaggo in Khoikhoi, is a sandstone mountain with an elevation of 1,085 m.

Geography

Mid-Atlantic (United States)

The term, Mid-Atlantic States, refers to 7 U.S. states in the eastern U.S., and also includes the District of Columbia

Geography

Crowsnest Pass, Canada

In Alberta, Canada’s fourth most populated province, is the famous and historic Crowsnest Pass. It is located partially in the southeast part of British Columbia.

Geography

Tautological Place

A tautological place refers to a location that has a name made up of two words with the same meaning. The two names are usually from different origins.

Geography

The Divided Sea Islands Of The World

There are 16 divided sea islands in the world that are controlled by more than one country. For example, Borneo is divided between Indonesia, Brunei, and Malaysia.

Geography

Largest Islands Of Europe By Area

Europe has some of the world’s biggest islands like Great Britain and Iceland that rank as the 9th and 18th largest islands in the world respectively.

Seas

Adriatic Sea

The Adriatic Sea is a shallow, semi-enclosed basin and the most isolated part of the Mediterranean Sea, between the eastern coastline of the Italian Peninsula and the countries of the Balkan Peninsula

Straits

Taiwan Strait

Also referred to as the Formosa (“Beautiful”) Strait, the Taiwan Strait extends from the South China Sea in the southwest to the East China Sea in the northeast.

Mountains

Ural Mountains

The Ural Mountains are a narrow mountain range that runs about 2,500 km through western Russia, starting from the Arctic Ocean’s coast to northwestern Kazakhstan.

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