Geography Of The World

Mountains

Mount St. Helens

Mount St. Helens is an active stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc. It is one of the major natural landmarks in Skamania County, Washington,

Rivers

Yangtze River

The Yangtze River is the world’s third longest river after the Nile and Amazon Rivers. With a length of 6,300 km, the Yangtze River is the longest in Asia.

Geography

Rust Belt States

The Rust Belt is a region comprising parts of the northeast and midwest of the continental United States. This region was once the heartland of American industry.

Rivers

River Ganges

Also referred to as “Ganga”, the Ganges River is a long transboundary river in the Continent of Asia that flows through India.

Lakes

Moraine Lake

Lake Moraine is located in Banff National Park, in the province of Alberta, Canada. It is situated more specifically within the Valley of the Ten Peaks.

Lakes

Lake Bled

Lake Bled is set in the Julian Alps, at an altitude of 1,558 feet, with the soaring rock faces and peaks surrounding it.

Plateaus

Colorado Plateau

The Colorado Plateau is a physiographic region of the Intermontane Plateaus that is centered on the Four Corners region in tHE United States.

Mountains

Mount Denali

Located in the south-central part of the US State of Alaska, close to the center of the massive Alaska Range is Mount Denali or Mount McKinley.

Mountains

Mount Kilimanjaro

Located in the northeastern part of the East African nation of Tanzania, close to its northern boundary with Kenya is Mount Kilimanjaro.

Geysers

Fly Geyser, Nevada

Fly Geyser is one of the three geysers on the Fly Ranch property, situated on Nevada’s Hualapai Geothermal Flat.

Gulfs

Gulf Of Carpentaria

The Gulf of Carpentaria is a shallow rectangular sea on the northern coast of Australia and an inlet of the eastern Arafura Sea.

Mountains

Karakoram Mountains

The Karakoram Mountain range forms the northwestern extension of the greater Himalayan Mountain system and is the world’s 2nd highest mountain range.

Lakes

Lake Louise

Lake Louise is a small glacial lake located within the Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies. It is named in honor of Princess Louise Caroline Albert.

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.

Geography

Alaska Boundary Dispute

The Alaska Boundary dispute involving the Alaska Panhandle dates back to 1821, and was finally resolved in 1903.

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.

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.

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