Geography Of The World

Peninsulas

Balkan Peninsula

Also referred to as the Balkans, the Balkan Peninsula is a geographical and cultural region in the southeastern part of Europe. The region is named after the Balkan Mountains.

Rivers

River Trent

The River Trent is the third longest river in England with a length of 298 km, and the second largest in terms of flow, with a basin estimating 10,435 km2.

Rivers

Pecos River

The Rio Pecos, Spanish for the Pecos River, is a 1,490 km river in the United States originating from the eastern slope of the Sangre de Cristo Mountain range

Rivers

Cumberland River

The Cumberland River is a river in the Southern United States formed in Harlan County, Kentucky, at the confluence of Clover, Martin's, and Poor Forks.

Peninsulas

Kola Peninsula

The Kola Peninsula is a large peninsula in northwest Russia located almost entirely in the Russian Arctic. It is one of Europe’s largest peninsulas.

Rivers

Saskatchewan River

The Saskatchewan River is one of the longest rivers in Canada, and measures approximately 550 kilometers in length. The river forms in central Saskatchewan.

Rivers

Niagara River

The Niagara River flows north from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, and runs through both Canada and the United States.

Bays

Delaware Bay

Covering an area of 2,030 sq. km, the Delaware Bay is an estuary outlet of the Delaware River that is situated on the eastern coast of the United States.

Straits

Prince William Sound

Prince William Sound is an irregular inlet of the Gulf of Alaska that is situated on the southern coast of Alaska, United States.

Geography

How Did Constantinople Become Istanbul?

Istanbul has a long history of over 2.5 millennia. Constantinople would not officially adopt the name Istanbul until after the fall of the Ottoman Empire.

Peninsulas

Kamchatka Peninsula

The Kamchatka Peninsula is a peninsula in northeastern Asia jutting from Russian Far East. It lies between the Bering Sea and the Pacific Ocean, and the Sea of Okhotsk.

Lakes

Lake Tonlé Sap

Tonle Sap is the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia and is one of the world’s most productive inland fisheries.

Lakes

Dead Sea

The Dead Sea, also known as the Salt Sea, is a saline lake in southwestern Asia located between Jordan and Israel.

Rivers

Purus River

The Purus River is a 3,211-kilometers-long river in South America that flows through the dense Amazon Forest and drains into the Amazon River.

Geography

Gaza Strip

The Gaza Strip is a narrow strip of territory in the southwestern part of what used to be the British Mandate of Palestine.

Seas

Celebes Sea

The Celebes Sea is a deep-water sea situated in the western Pacific Ocean, that extends for 675 km in the north-south and 840 km in the east-west direction.

Seas

Flores Sea

The Flores Sea, colloquially known as “Bahasa Indonesia Laut Flores”, is a part of the Pacific Ocean  in Indonesia.

Geography

West Bank

As its name implies, the West Bank is a territory situated on the western bank of the Jordan River. Many countries recognize it as part of Palestine.

Lakes

Lake Toba

Also referred to as Danau Toba, Lake Toba is a huge natural lake that is situated in the heart of the northern portion of the Sumatra Island.

Lakes

Qinghai Lake

Qinghai Lake is an alkaline and saline lake that is situated in an endorheic basin in the northeastern part of the Qinghai Province of China.

Peninsulas

Gallipoli Peninsula

The Republic of Turkey comprises two main peninsulas: the bigger Anatolia on the Asian side and Thrace on the southeast of the Balkan Peninsula, forming European Turkey.

Mountains

Mount Nanda Devi

Mount Nanda Devi is a two-peaked mountain in northern India and the world’s 23rd highest mountain. It is India’s second-highest mountain after Kangchenjunga.

Rivers

Brahmaputra River

The Brahmaputra River is a long transboundary river in the Continent of Asia that flows through the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, India, and Bangladesh.

Rivers

Okavango River

The Okavango River is the 9th longest in Africa. It flows from its source in the highlands of Angola to the Okavango Delta.

Rivers

Dniester River

The Dniester River is Ukraine’s second-longest river and Moldova’s major source of drinking water. It rises on the Carpathian Mountains.

Gulfs

Gulf Of Paria

The Gulf of Paria is a shallow, semi-enclosed inlet located between Trinidad Island and Venezuela and connected to the Atlantic Ocean to the south and the Caribbean Sea to the north.

Peninsulas

Labrador Peninsula

The Labrador Peninsula is a large peninsula in North America, located in eastern Canada and separated from the Baffin Islands by the Hudson Strait.

Geography

Arab Countries

The Arab countries are 19 countries located in the Middle East and Northern Africa, in which the vast majority of the population is of ethnic Arab origin.

Rivers

Deschutes River, Oregon

The Deschutes River is a major tributary of the Columbia River that flows through the central part of Oregon, United States

Rivers

Nantahala River

The Nantahala River rises in the Nantahala Mountains that is situated to the southwest of the city of Asheville in North Carolina, United States,

Rivers

French Broad River

French Broad River is a tributary of the Tennessee River that rises in the Blue Ridge Mountains close to the town of Rosman in Transylvania County.

Rivers

Boise River

The Boise River is a tributary of the Snake River that flows through the southwestern part of Idaho, United States. The Boise River rises as three separate forks.

Geography

United Arab Republic

The United Arab Republic (UAR) was a short-lived union between the two Arab states of Egypt and Syria. The origins of the UAR lie in the ideology of Pan-Arabism.

Lakes

Lake Karachay

Lake Karachay, also known as Karachaj or Karachai, is located in Russia’s Chelyabinsk Region in Southern Ural Mountains, near the border with Kazakhstan.

Lakes

Lake Rabun

Lake Rabun is located in Rabun County, in Georgia, United States. It is a small lake, covering only 3.4 square kilometers of area.

Seas

Arafura Sea

The Arafura Sea is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean located between Australia and New Guinea Island.

Lakes

Lake Turkana

Lake Turkana, also known as Lake Rudolf or Jade Sea, is a vast, shallow lake located in the arid part of northern Kenya, with its northern end extending into Ethiopia.

Seas

Weddell Sea

The Weddell Sea is an extension of the Southern Ocean located between West Antarctica’s Antarctic Peninsula and East Antarctica’s Coats Land.

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