Geography Of The World
Vaca Mountains
The Vaca Mountains are part of the inner North Coast Ranges of California forming the Napa Valley's eastern boundary.
Second French Colonial Empire
The Second French Colonial Empire consisted of the colonial territories seized by France from 1830 until the mid-20th century.
Florida Strait
The Florida Strait is a water channel, or stream, which connects the Gulf of Mexico to the more expansive Atlantic Ocean.
Is The United Kingdom A Part Of Europe?
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland that together makeup the United Kingdom is almost universally considered part of Europe.
What Are The Finger Lakes?
The Finger Lakes are a group of eleven lakes in upstate New York, United States, named for their long, narrow shape.
Why Are The Tropics Of Cancer And Capricorn So Important?
The Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn are latitudes to the north and south of the Equator. Latitude is an invisible line that runs around the outside of the Earth in a ring.
Gulf Stream
The Gulf Stream is a warm and relatively fast-moving current in the Atlantic Ocean that starts at the tip of Florida, United States.
Yazoo River
The Yazoo River is located in Louisiana and Mississippi, in the United States. It is generally thought to mark the southern border of the Mississippi Delta floodplain.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Aztec Empire
According to Aztec legend, they came from a place called Aztlán, thought to be somewhere in present-day northern Mexico.
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.
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.
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.
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/
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.
Spanish Empire
The Spanish Empire, controlled by the Kingdom of Spain, endured from the 15th century all the way into the 20th century.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Glenwood Canyon
Glenwood Canyon is a 20km rugged canyon situated in the west-central part of the US State of Colorado.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.