Geography Of The World

Islands

Fire Island

Fire Island is one of the outer barrier islands that runs parallel to the south shore of Long Island, New York. The island continues to have an active tourist and recreational industry.

Rivers

Kaveri River

Also referred to as “Cauvery”, the Kaveri River is an 805km long river that flows through the Indian States of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, and the Union Territory of Puducherry.

Lakes

Limnic Eruptions: When Lakes Explode

A limnic eruption is defined as "a rare type of natural disaster in which dissolved carbon dioxide suddenly erupts from deep lake waters.

Islands

Jones Beach Island

Jones Beach Island is an outer barrier island off the southern coast of Long Island in New York State, United States of America.

Geography

San Andreas Fault

San Andreas Fault is a major continental transform boundary that is situated in the extreme western part of the continent of North America.

Geography

British Empire

The British Empire was the largest empire in human history. It consisted of the colonial possessions of what is now the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Islands

Robben Island

Robben Island is an island in the Atlantic Ocean in Table Bay, approximately 7 kilometers west of the mainland and 10 kilometers north of Cape Town.

Geography

Aztec Empire

According to Aztec legend, they came from a place called Aztlán, thought to be somewhere in present-day northern Mexico.

Islands

Absecon Island

Absecon Island is a barrier island along the Jersey Shore of the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of New Jersey, United States of America.

Geography

Russian Empire

The Russian Empire was a vast empire that once spanned large parts of Europe and Asia. It began in the 13th century as the small principality of Moscow.

Volcanoes

Mauna Loa

Mauna Loa is one of the five active shield volcanoes in the Hawaiian Islands that form the Big Island of Hawai'i.

Islands

Dauphin Island, Alabama

Dauphin Island is one of the barrier islands in the Gulf Coast, off the coast of Alabama, in the United States. The island itself is in the outer part of Mobile Bay.

Islands

Captiva Island

Captiva Island, sister to the larger Sanibel Island, is located off the southwest coast of Florida, United States. Just south of Cayo Costa and west of Cape Coral and Pine Island/

Geography

Umayyad Caliphate

The Umayyad Caliphate was an Islamic Empire that ruled North Africa, the Middle East, and even significant parts of Europe and the Indian Subcontinent.

Geography

Spanish Empire

The Spanish Empire, controlled by the Kingdom of Spain, endured from the 15th century all the way into the 20th century.

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.

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