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Geography of Brazil
The geography of Brazil, also called Brazilian geography, covers the physical and human geography of the largest country in South America, spanning six major biomes.
Geography of California
The geography of California, also called California geography, covers a state of roughly 164,000 square miles with 840 miles of Pacific coastline and sharply different regional climates.
Geography of Canada
Geography of Canada: the physical and political geography of the world's second-largest country, with ten provinces and three territories, seven physiographic regions led by the Canadian Shield, more lake area than any other country, and rapid Arctic warming.
Geography of China
Geography of China: physical and human geography of the People's Republic of China, 9,596,960 sq km, tropical-to-subarctic climate, 14,500 km coastline, Tibetan Plateau, Yangtze and Yellow rivers, eastern population concentration.
Geography of Cyprus
Geography of Cyprus: third-largest Mediterranean island, 9,251 km² at 33°E 35°N, with the Troodos ophiolite (Mount Olympus 1,951 m), Pentadaktylos range, Mesaoria plain, semi-arid Mediterranean climate and scarce rainfall-based water resources.
Geography of Denmark
Geography of Denmark: low-lying North European country of Jutland plus 391 islands, 42,957 km², 7,400 km coastline, highest point Møllehøj 170 m, second-lowest European altitude, agriculture on over 60 percent of land, plus Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
Geography of Egypt
The geography of Egypt is dominated by desert, with four main regions: the Nile Valley and Delta, the Western and Eastern Deserts, and the Sinai Peninsula.
Geography of Europe
The geography of Europe, also called European geography, covers the continent's landforms, climate, and boundaries, from Iceland in the west to Russia's Ural Mountains in the east.
Geography of Finland
Geography of Finland: Nordic country between 60–70°N, area 338,400 km², borders Sweden, Norway, Russia. Forests, 190,000 lakes, long winters, polar night, and post-glacial land uplift up to 1 cm/year.
Geography of first-level divisions of Africa
An overview comparing the areas, terrain, climates, and populations of Africa's first-level subnational divisions, illustrated by South Africa's nine provinces and their density extremes.
Geography of Florida
Geography of Florida: physical geography of the low carbonate Florida Platform peninsula, 58,560 sq mi, 447 by 361 miles, highest point Britton Hill 345 feet, Floridan aquifer, five coastal sections, subtropical to tropical climate.
Geography of Georgia (country)
Geography of Georgia (Sakartvelo), the South Caucasus country between the Black Sea and the Greater and Lesser Caucasus: 69,700 km², borders with Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Türkiye, 310-km coastline, mountainous terrain, and diverse climate and rivers.
Geography of Germany
Germany is a Central European country covering 357,588 square kilometers. It is the fourth-largest country in the European Union after France and Spain, sharing borders with nine nations.
Geography of Ghana
Geography of Ghana: West African country on the Gulf of Guinea, bordered by Côte d'Ivoire, Togo, and Burkina Faso; 238,535 km², 550 km coast, tropical monsoon climate, forest and savanna zones, and Lake Volta.
Geography of Greece
Geography of Greece: mountainous Balkan peninsula and Aegean archipelago (9,835 islands, ~220 inhabited), 13,676 km coastline, Olympus 2,917 m, Hellenic subduction zone with ~25,000 earthquakes yearly, Mediterranean-to-alpine climate, and 2020 EEZ deals with Italy and Egypt.
Geography of Greenland
Geography of Greenland: the world's largest island, over 2.16 million km², about 80% covered by the Greenland Ice Sheet, with an Arctic tundra climate, four-billion-year geology, fjorded coasts, and ongoing ice loss.
Geography of Haiti
Haiti's geography spans the western third of Hispaniola, a mountainous 27,750 km² country with over 1,700 km of coastline and the island's longest river, the Artibonite.
Geography of Halloween
Geography of Halloween: how the Celtic Samhain festival of Ireland and Scotland, centered on the Hill of Ward, spread via 1840s Irish emigration to North America, gained pumpkins and trick-or-treating, and became a global holiday alongside Day of the Dead.
Geography of Honduras
Honduran geography covers the landscape of Honduras, Central America's second-largest country by area and population, dominated by mountains with fertile Caribbean and Pacific coastal plains supporting most commercial agriculture.
Geography of Hong Kong
Geography of Hong Kong: physical geography of the Hong Kong SAR at the Pearl River mouth; rugged volcanic and granitic terrain, Tai Mo Shan 957 m, monsoon climate, over 60 km² reclaimed land, and rising Victoria Harbour sea level.
Geography of Hungary
Geography of Hungary: landlocked Central European country of 93,030 km² in the Carpathian Basin, drained by the Danube and Tisza, mostly lowland plains, eight statistical regions, and heavy drought and flood exposure.
Geography of Indonesia
Geography of Indonesia: the world's largest archipelago, 17,000-plus islands between the Indian and Pacific Oceans on the Ring of Fire, with monsoonal equatorial climate, seven ecoregions, and over 75 active volcanoes.
Geography of Iran
Geography of Iran: 1,648,195 km² Middle Eastern plateau country, also called Persia, ringed by Zagros and Alborz mountains with Dasht-e Kavir and Dasht-e Lut deserts, Caspian and Persian Gulf coasts, and a severe water crisis.
Geography of Iraq
The geography of Iraq is organized around the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, which cross a landscape of northern mountains, western desert, and an alluvial plain reaching the Persian Gulf.
Geography of Ireland
Geography of Ireland: island at the eastern North Atlantic (51–56°N, 5–11°W, ~84,000 km²), central plain below 150 m, Carrauntoohil 1,041 m; bedrock from Laurentia-Gondwana collision, mild Atlantic climate, 750–2,000+ mm rainfall.
Geography of Israel
Geography of Israel: physical geography of the Mediterranean coastal plain, central mountain belt, Jordan Rift Valley, and Negev across 22,072 km², with climate gradients, Sea of Galilee and Dead Sea hydrology, and coastal change.
Geography of Italy
Geography of Italy: Southern European boot-shaped peninsula plus Sicily and Sardinia, 301,277 km², Alps and Apennines, Po Plain, borders with six states, high seismic and volcanic risk.
Geography of Jamaica
Geography of Jamaica: a mountainous Greater Antillean island, 10,830 km², third largest in the Caribbean, 145 km south of Cuba. Covers tectonic setting, limestone karst Cockpit Country, trade-wind rainfall gradients, coasts, and hazard exposure.
Geography of Japan
Geography of Japan: an East Asian island country of four main islands (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu) plus over 14,000 smaller islands, 377,975 km², about three-quarters mountainous, temperate to subarctic, and highly seismic and volcanic.
Geography of Jordan
Geography of Jordan: West Asian country of about 89,000 km² between 29–33°N and 34–39°E, bordering five states with a 26 km Aqaba coastline; terrain spans the Jordan Rift Valley with the Dead Sea at −408 m, western highlands, and eastern desert, under an arid climate with extreme water scarcity.