Geography Of The World

Islands

Channel Islands

The Channel Islands are an archipelago situated to the west of the Cotentin Peninsula, just off the French Normandy coast within the English Channel.

Lakes

Lake Tahoe

Lake Tahoe is a large freshwater lake surrounded by the majestic Sierra Nevada mountains and straddles the US states of California and Nevada.

Canals

Welland Canal

The Welland Canal is a waterway in Ontario, Canada linking Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. It is a key section of the Great Lakes Waterway and St. Lawrence Waterway.

Geography

Cardinal Directions And Compass Rose

Cardinal directions are the main points of the compass and are considered to be the most commonly used form of direction.

Seas

Celtic Sea

Covering an area of 300,000 sq. km, the Celtic Sea is a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is located to the south of the Republic of Ireland.

Gulfs

Gulf Of Aden

The Gulf of Aden is an extension of the Indian Ocean, tucked between the Arabian Peninsula and the African continent.

Seas

Tyrrhenian Sea

The Tyrrhenian Sea is the Mediterranean Sea’s third-largest marginal sea, located along the western coast of mainland Italy.

Islands

Cozumel

Isla Cozumel is a large island and a municipality of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo located in the northwestern Caribbean Sea.

Islands

Martinique

Martinique is a French Overseas Territorial Collectivity in the Caribbean Sea and forming a part of the volcanic arc of the Lesser Antilles group of islands.

Islands

Sint Eustatius

The island of Sint Eustatius is a special municipality of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the northern Leeward Islands in the northeastern Caribbean Sea.

Islands

Madeira Islands

The Madeira Archipelago comprises the volcanic islands of Madeira, Desertas, and the Porto Santo located in the North Atlantic Ocean.

Canals

The Suez Canal

The Suez Canal is an artificial waterway between southern Asia and northern Africa that connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea via the Isthmus of Suez.

Geography

The Four Spheres Of The Earth

The earth can be split into one of four major subsystems, namely: land, water, air, and all living things.

Geography

International Date Line

The International Date Line (IDL) is an imaginary line that runs from the North to the South Pole and separates two calendar days.

Islands

Isles Of Scilly

The Isles of Scilly are located on the southwestern edge of Cornwall in the United Kingdom, about 45 km off the headland of Land’s End in the Atlantic Ocean.

Islands

Curacao

Curaçao is a constituent country of the Netherlands located in the southern Caribbean Sea. Along with Aruba and Bonaire, Curaçao is part of the ABC Islands.

Mountains

Pyrenees Mountains

The Pyrenees are a mountain chain in southwestern Europe forming a border between Spain and France. Andorra is entirely surrounded by the Pyrenees mountains.

Gulfs

Gulf Of Finland

The Gulf of Finland is the easternmost extension of the Baltic Sea located in Northern Europe. It is bordered by Finland, Russia and Estonia.

Peninsulas

Scandinavian Peninsula

Mainland Sweden and Norway are located on the Scandinavian Peninsula, which also includes Finland’s northwestern portion and part of northwestern Russia.

Seas

Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is the 10th-largest sea in the world between Southern Europe and Northern Africa and accounting for 0.7% of the global ocean area.

Straits

North Channel

The North Channel is a narrow stretch of water that separates the northeastern part of Northern Ireland from the southwestern part of Scotland.

Gulfs

Gulf Of Alaska

The Gulf of Alaska is located along the southern shores of Alaska, extending from Kodiak Island in the west to the Alexander Archipelago in the east.

Mountains

Balkan Mountains

The Balkan Mountains are a range of mountains that are situated in the eastern portion of the Balkan Peninsula, in Southeastern Europe.

Islands

Svalbard Archipelago

Svalbard is an archipelago situated in the Arctic Ocean to the north of the European mainland. It is located halfway between the North Pole and Norway.

Seas

Arabian Sea

The Arabian Sea is the Indian Ocean’s largest marginal sea covering approximately 3.9 million km2. It is connected to the Red Sea.

Islands

Saba

Saba is the smallest special municipality of the Netherlands that is located in the northeastern Caribbean Sea.

Lakes

Lake Baikal

Lake Baikal is located between the Buryat Republic and Irkutsk Oblast in the southern Siberian Region. It is the world’s largest freshwater lake by volume

Peninsulas

Cape Horn

Located on Hornos Island, Cape Horn is the southernmost steep, rocky headland of the Tierra del Fuego Archipelago in the southern part of Chile.

Oceans

Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean is a large saline water body covering about 20% of the World Ocean's total area. The ocean is the smallest of the three major oceans.

Seas

Sea Of Marmara

The Sea of Marmara is a small inland sea that is completely bordered by the transcontinental nation of Turkey. It links the Black Sea to the Aegean Sea.

Seas

Bering Sea

The Bering Sea is a marginal sea in the northern Pacific Ocean, which together with the Bering Strait separates the continents of North America and Asia.

Oceans

Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the world’s second-largest Ocean after the Pacific Ocean. It covers approximately 29% of the total water surface.

Gulfs

Bristol Channel

Bristol Channel is a major inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in Great Britain. It separates the southern part of Wales from the southwestern part of England.

Islands

Frisian Islands

Often referred to as the Wadden Sea Islands, the Frisian Islands are a chain of low-lying islands in the eastern margins of the North Sea.

Lakes

Lake Winnipeg

Lake Winnipeg is a large lake located in the south-central part of the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is Canada's sixth-largest freshwater lake.

Gulfs

Gulf Of Suez

The Gulf of Suez is the northwestern extension of the Red Sea that is located between the east coast of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt.

Oceans

Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean basin covers about 32% of the Earth’s total surface area and 46% of the water surface. It is by far the world’s largest and deepest ocean.

Islands

Tierra Del Fuego

Tierra del Fuego is an archipelago located at the southern tip of South America. It is separated from the mainland by the narrow Strait of Magellan.

Gulfs

Gulf Of Thailand

The Gulf of Thailand is a shallow inlet of the South China Sea located in the western Pacific Ocean. It is surrounded by Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam.

Seas

Arctic Ocean

The Arctic Ocean is a small, shallow ocean on the North Pole. It encompasses an area of approximately 5.427 million square miles.

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