User:Ambrosiaster/Geography

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The OCCIDENT[edit]

The Balkans[edit]

Regions[edit]

Greek Islands[edit]

Mountain Ranges[edit]

  • The Balkan Mountains, runs from the border between Bulgaria & eastern Serbia through central Bulgaria to Cape Emine on the Black Sea.

Cities[edit]

The Caucasus[edit]

Bodies of Water[edit]

  • The Caspian Sea, enclosed sea, bounded by Northern Iran, southern Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan & Azerbaijan.

Countries[edit]

Regions[edit]

Cities[edit]

Eastern Europe[edit]

Regions[edit]

Countries[edit]

Cities[edit]

Russia[edit]

Bodies of Water[edit]

  • The Kara Sea, part of the Arctic Ocean, north of Siberia.

Republics[edit]

Cities[edit]

Western Contintenal Europe[edit]

Regions[edit]

Islands[edit]

Cities[edit]

Small cities[edit]

Towns[edit]

The Low Countries (Benelux)[edit]

Countries[edit]

Regions[edit]

  • Flanders, Dutch-speaking northern region of Belgium
  • Friesland, northern province in the Netherlands
  • Holland, western part of the Netherlands
  • Wallonia, French-speaking southern region of Belgium
  • Zeeland, south-western province in the Netherlands

The British Isles[edit]

Bodies of Water[edit]

  • The English Channel, arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Great Britain from France.
  • The North Sea, connects to English Channel in south; Norwegian Sea in the north.

Straits[edit]

  • The Dover Strait, connects English Channel to the North Sea.

English counties[edit]

Cities[edit]

Iberian Peninsula[edit]

Regions[edit]

Islands[edit]

Cities[edit]

Towns[edit]

Italian Peninsula & Sicily[edit]

Bodies of Water[edit]

Regions[edit]

  • Italian Riviera (or, Ligurian Riviera), narrow coastal strip between Ligurian Sea and the mountain chain of the Apennines.

Governmental Regions[edit]

Islands[edit]

Cities[edit]

Scandinavia[edit]

Bodies of Water[edit]

  • The Barents Sea, part of the Arctic Ocean; between Norway & Russia.
    • The White Sea, inlet of the Barents Sea on the northwest coast of Russia.
  • The Greenland Sea, northernmost part of the Atlantic Ocean; south of Arctic Ocean.
  • The Norwegian Sea, part of the North Atlantic Ocean, northwest of Norway; between North Sea & Greeland Sea.

Islands[edit]

Cities[edit]

The ORIENT[edit]

The Levant[edit]

  • Traditionally, the Levant describes the Eastern Mediterranean at large, but can be used as a geographical term that denotes a large area in Western Asia formed by the lands bordering the eastern shores of the Mediterranean

Countries[edit]

Regions[edit]

Cities[edit]

The Middle East[edit]

Regions[edit]

Bodies of Water[edit]

  • The Arabian Sea, region of the Indian Ocean, bounded by Arabian Peninsula on the west, India on the east.
  • The Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea; Yemen to north, Horn of Africa in south.
  • The Red Sea, pours into Gulf of Aden through Bab-el-Mandeb; thence into Indian Ocean.
    • The Gulf of Suez, along the Sinai peninsula; connects Suez Canal with Red Sea.
    • The Gulf of Aqaba, eastern gulf in the Red Sea.
  • The Persian Gulf, extension of the Indian Ocean, between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.

Peninsulas[edit]

  • The Arabian Peninsula, at the junction of Africa and Asia; chiefly comprised of Saudi Arabia.
  • Sinai Peninsula, triangular peninsula in Egypt; lies between Mediterranean and Red Sea.

Straits & Canals[edit]

  • The Bab-el-Mandeb, between Yemen and Djibouti; connecting the Red Sea to Gulf of Aden.
  • The Suez Canal, connects Mediterranean Sea and the Gulf of Suez; thence, into Red Sea. Runs through Sinai.

Countries[edit]

Cities[edit]

Anatolian Cities[edit]

Maghreb[edit]

Regions[edit]

  • The Sahara Desert, covers most of Northern Africa; stretches from the Red Sea, to the outskirts of the Atlantic Ocean.

Territories[edit]

  • The Western Sahara, mostly Moroccan-controlled; bordered by Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania & the Atlantic Ocean.

Islands[edit]

  • Madeira, archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean. (Portugal)

Cities[edit]

ASIA[edit]

East Asia[edit]

Regions[edit]

Cities[edit]

South Asia[edit]

Countries[edit]

States of India[edit]

Regions[edit]

Islands[edit]

Cities[edit]

Central Asia[edit]

Countries[edit]

Cities[edit]

Southeast Asia[edit]

Regions[edit]

  • The East Indies, term used during the colonial era for portions of South and Southeast Asia.

Countries[edit]

Cities[edit]

Islands[edit]

  • Bali, Indonesia
  • Borneo, divided between Indonesia, Malaysia & Brunei
  • Timor, Indonesia

The AMERICAS[edit]

North America[edit]

Bodies of Water[edit]

  • The Gulf of Mexico, bounded on Gulf Coast of the US in the north; Mexico and Cuba in the south.

Mountains Ranges[edit]

The United States of America[edit]

Regions[edit]

Bodies of Water[edit]

  • Lake Tahoe, freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada mountains, along the border of California & Nevada.
  • Penobscot Bay, originates from the Penobscot River, Maine.
  • Penobscot River, empties into the Penobscot River in the Atlantic Ocean.

Peninsulas & Capes[edit]

  • Cape Cod, easternmost portion of Massachusetts.
  • Cape May, southernmost tip of New Jersey.

Straits[edit]

States[edit]

Islands[edit]

Cities[edit]

Towns[edit]

Communities & CDPs[edit]

Canada[edit]

Regions[edit]

Bodies of Water[edit]

  • The Bay of Fundy, bay on the northeast end of the Gulf of Maine, between New Brunswick & Nova Scotia.
  • The Gulf of Saint Lawrence, bounded by Labrador Peninsula, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia peninsula & Gaspé.
  • Saint Lawrence River, connects Lake Ontario to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and then to the Atlantic Ocean.

Peninsulas[edit]

  • The Gaspé Peninsula, north of New Brunswick, situated in Quebec; near Gulf of St Lawrence.

Provinces[edit]

Territories[edit]

Islands[edit]

Cities[edit]

Towns[edit]

Mexico[edit]

Peninsulas[edit]

States[edit]

Central America[edit]

Countries[edit]

South America[edit]

Regions[edit]

  • Tierra del Fuego, archipelago off the southernmost tip of the South American mainland.
  • Patagonia, southernmost part of South America (Argentina & Chile)

Countries & Colonies[edit]

Straits[edit]

  • The Strait of Magellan, south of mainland South America and north of Tierra del Fuego. (Chile)

Island-Colonies[edit]

Islands[edit]

Caribbean[edit]

Regions[edit]

Islands[edit]

Countries & Colonies in the Greater Antilles[edit]

Countries & Colonies in the Lesser Antilles[edit]

Colonies in the Lucayan Archipelago[edit]

Cities[edit]

AFRICA[edit]

East Africa[edit]

Countries[edit]

Island-Countries[edit]

Cities[edit]

Southern Africa[edit]

Regions[edit]

  • Kalahari Desert, sandy area covering much of Botswana, and parts of Namibia and South Africa.

Countries[edit]

Islands[edit]

Cities[edit]

West Africa[edit]

Countries[edit]

Islands[edit]

  • The Canary Islands, 100 km. west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. (Spain)
  • Cape Verde, island country of 10 islands; 570 km. off the coast of West Africa.

Cities[edit]

Central Africa[edit]

OCEANIA[edit]

Oceania[edit]

Regions[edit]

Countries & Colonies[edit]

Island Territories[edit]

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