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· Geography (Greek Geo (γη) or Gaea (γαία), meaning "Earth", and graphein (γράφειν) meaning "to describe" or "to write") is the study of the earth and its features, inhabitants, and phenomena. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes (275-195 B.C.). Four historical traditions in geographical research are the spatial analysis of natural and human phenomena (geography as a study of distribution), area studies (places and regions), study of man-land relationship, and research in earth sciences. Nonetheless, modern geography is an all-encompassing discipline that foremost seeks to understand the world and all of its human and natural complexities — not merely where objects are, but how they have changed and come to be. As "the bridge between the human and physical sciences," geography is divided into two main branches — human geography and physical geography.
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Geography – Atlas • City • Climate • Demographics • Earth • Exploration • Geographic information system • History of geography • Map • Park • Place • Population density • Region • Spatial analysis • Subregion • Surveying
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- Natural geographical features
- Landforms – Badlands • Canyon • Cave • Cliff • Coast • Continent • Coral reef • Crater • Desert • Forest • Geyser • Glacier • Gully • Grassland • Highland • Hill • Island • Mesa • Mountain • Mountain range • Plain • Prairie • Peninsula • Reef • Ridge • Savanna • Shoal • Steppe • Tundra • Valley • Volcano • Wetland
- Manmade geographical features – Airport • Artificial dwelling hill • Artificial island • Breakwater • Bridge • Canal • Causeway • Country • Country subdivision • Dam (Levee) • Farm • Harbor • Nation • National park • Nature reserve • Park • Pier • Pipeline • Port • Railway • Ranch • Reservoir • Road (Street) • Settlement (Village, Town, City, Megalopolis) • Train station • Tunnel
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- Continents and major geopolitical regions (non-continents are italicized)
- Africa • Antarctica • Asia • Europe • North America • Oceania (includes Australia) • South America
- Political divisions of the World, arranged by continent or major geopolitical region
- Africa
- West Africa
- Benin • Burkina Faso • Cape Verde • Gambia • Ghana • Guinea • Guinea-Bissau • Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) • Liberia • Mali • Mauritania • Niger • Nigeria (Rivers State) • Senegal • Sierra Leone • Togo
- North Africa
- Algeria • Egypt (Cairo) • Libya • Mauritania • Morocco • Sudan • South Sudan •Tunisia • Western Sahara
- Central Africa
- East Africa
- Southern Africa
- Dependencies
- Mayotte (France) • St. Helena (UK) • Puntland • Somaliland • Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
- West Africa
- Antarctica
- None
- Asia
- Central Asia
- East Asia
- China
- Japan (Kyoto) • North Korea • South Korea • Mongolia • Taiwan
- North Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Brunei • Cambodia • East Timor (Timor-Leste) • Indonesia (Jakarta) • Laos • Malaysia • Myanmar (Burma) • Philippines (Metro Manila) • Singapore • Thailand (Bangkok) • Vietnam
- South Asia
- Afghanistan • Bangladesh • Bhutan • Maldives • Nepal • Pakistan • Sri Lanka
- India
- States of India: Andhra Pradesh • Arunachal Pradesh • Assam • Bihar • Chhattisgarh • Goa • Gujarat • Haryana • Himachal Pradesh • Jharkhand • Karnataka • Kerala • Madhya Pradesh • Maharashtra • Manipur • Meghalaya • Mizoram • Nagaland (Kohima) • Odisha • Punjab • Rajasthan • Sikkim • Tamil Nadu • Telangana • Tripura • Uttar Pradesh • Uttarakhand • West Bengal
- Africa
- Union Territories of India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands • Chandigarh • Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu • Delhi • Jammu and Kashmir • Ladakh • Lakshadweep • Pondicherry
- West Asia
- Armenia • Azerbaijan • Bahrain • Cyprus (including disputed Northern Cyprus) • Georgia • Iran • Iraq • Israel • Jordan • Kuwait • Lebanon • Oman • State of Palestine • Qatar • Saudi Arabia • Syria • Turkey (Istanbul) • United Arab Emirates (Dubai) • Yemen
- Caucasus (a region considered to be in both Asia and Europe, or between them)
- North Caucasus
- Parts of Russia (Chechnya, Ingushetia, Dagestan, Adyghea, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachai-Cherkessia, North Ossetia, Krasnodar Krai, Stavropol Krai)
- South Caucasus
- Georgia (including disputed Abkhazia, South Ossetia) • Armenia • Azerbaijan (including disputed Republic of Artsakh)
- North Caucasus
- Europe
- Akrotiri and Dhekelia • Åland • Albania • Andorra • Armenia • Austria (Vienna) • Azerbaijan • Belarus • Belgium • Bosnia and Herzegovina (Republika Srpska) • Bulgaria • Croatia • Cyprus • Czech Republic (Prague) • Denmark • Estonia • Faroe Islands • Finland • France (Paris) • Georgia • Germany (Dresden, Munich) • Gibraltar • Greece (Athens) • Guernsey • Hungary • Iceland • Ireland • Isle of Man • Italy (Milan, Naples, Palermo, Rome, Turin, Venice) • Jersey • Kazakhstan • Kosovo • Latvia • Liechtenstein • Lithuania • Luxembourg • Malta • Moldova (including disputed Transnistria) • Monaco • Montenegro • Netherlands • North Macedonia • Poland • Portugal • Romania • Russia (Saint Petersburg) • San Marino • Serbia • Slovakia • Slovenia •
- Norway
- Spain
- Sweden (Stockholm) • Switzerland (Geneva) • Turkey • Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- Vatican City
- European Union
- North America
- Canada
- Provinces of Canada: • Alberta • British Columbia • Manitoba • New Brunswick • Newfoundland and Labrador • Nova Scotia • Ontario (Ottawa, Toronto) • Prince Edward Island • Quebec • Saskatchewan
- Territories of Canada: Northwest Territories • Yukon • Nunavut
- Greenland • Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- United States
- Alabama • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • California • Colorado • Connecticut • Delaware • Florida • Georgia • Hawaii • Idaho • Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Kansas • Kentucky • Louisiana • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts (Boston) • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi • Missouri • Montana • Nebraska • Nevada • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico • New York (New York City) • North Carolina • North Dakota • Ohio • Oklahoma • Oregon • Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) • Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas • Utah • Vermont • Virginia • Washington (Infrastructure) • West Virginia • Wisconsin • Wyoming
- Washington, D.C. (District of Columbia)
- Mexico
- Central America
- Belize • Costa Rica • El Salvador • Guatemala • Honduras • Nicaragua • Panama
- Caribbean
- Anguilla • Antigua and Barbuda • Aruba • Bahamas • Barbados • Bermuda • British Virgin Islands • Cayman Islands • Cuba • Dominica • Dominican Republic • Grenada • Haiti • Jamaica • Montserrat • Netherlands Antilles • Puerto Rico • Saint Barthélemy • Saint Kitts and Nevis • Saint Lucia • Saint Martin • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines • Trinidad and Tobago • Turks and Caicos Islands • United States Virgin Islands
- Canada
- Oceania (includes the continent of Australia)
- Australasia
- Australia (Melbourne, Sydney)
- Dependencies/Territories of Australia
- New Zealand
- Australia (Melbourne, Sydney)
- Melanesia
- Fiji • Indonesia (Oceanian part only) • New Caledonia (France) • Papua New Guinea • Solomon Islands • Vanuatu
- Micronesia
- Federated States of Micronesia • Guam (US) • Kiribati • Marshall Islands • Nauru • Northern Mariana Islands (US) • Palau •
- Polynesia
- American Samoa (US) • Cook Islands (NZ) • French Polynesia (France) • Hawaii (US) • Niue (NZ) • Pitcairn Islands (UK) • Samoa • Tokelau (NZ) • Tonga • Tuvalu • Wallis and Futuna (France)
- Australasia
- South America
- South Atlantic
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Continents
Regions
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Central African Republic
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- The Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Libya
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Malaysia
- Mali
- Malta
- Mauritania
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Morocco
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palestine
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Republic of the Congo
- Romania
- Russia
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Somalia
- Somaliland
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom (England
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Wales)
- United States
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vatican City
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia
Territories
Provinces and states
- United States: Alabama
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- Kentucky
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- Maryland
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- Mississippi
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- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
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- Washington, D.C.
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Counties
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- Main index: Geography
Continents
- Africa • Antarctica • Asia • Europe • Australia
Political divisions of World, arranged by continent or major geopolitical region:
- Africa:
- West Africa:
- Benin • Burkina Faso • Cape Verde • Côte d'Ivoire • Gambia • Ghana • Guinea • Guinea-Bissau • Liberia • Mali • Mauritania • Nigeria • Senegal
- North Africa:
- Central Africa:
- East Africa:
- Burundi • Comoros • Djibouti • Eritrea • Ethiopia • Kenya • Madagascar • Mauritius • Mozambique • Rwanda • Seychelles • Somalia (Somaliland) • Uganda • Zambia • Zimbabwe
- Southern Africa:
- Botswana • Lesotho • Namibia • South Africa
- West Africa:
- Antarctica:
- Asia:
- Caucasus (a region considered to be in both Asia and Europe, or between them)
- Georgia (including disputed Abkhazia) • Armenia • Azerbaijan (including disputed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic)
- Europe:
- Akrotiri and Dhekelia • Åland • Andorra • Armenia • Austria • Azerbaijan • Belarus • Belgium • Croatia • Cyprus • Czech Republic • Denmark • Estonia • Finland • Georgia • Germany • Greece • Guernsey • Hungary • Iceland • Ireland • Italy • Kazakhstan • Liechtenstein • Lithuania • Malta • Moldova (including disputed Transnistria) • Monaco • Portugal • San Marino • Serbia • Spain • Switzerland • Turkey • United Kingdom • Vatican City
- Canada
- Canadian provinces
- Aboriginal Canadian
- Greenland • Mexico • Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- United States
- U.S. administrative divisions
- Alabama • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • California • Colorado • Connecticut • Delaware • Florida • Georgia • Hawaii • Idaho • Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Montana • Kansas • Kentucky • Louisiana • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi • Missouri • Nebraska • Nevada • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico • New York (New York City) • North Carolina • North Dakota • Ohio • Oklahoma • Oregon • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas • Utah • Vermont • Virginia • Washington • West Virginia • Wisconsin • Wyoming
- District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.)
- U.S. counties
- African American
- Asian American
- U.S. administrative divisions
- Central America:
- Belize • Costa Rica • El Salvador • Guatemala • Honduras • Nicaragua • Panama
- Caribbean:
- Anguilla • Antigua and Barbuda • Aruba • Bahamas • Barbados • Bermuda • Cayman Islands • Cuba • Dominica • Dominican Republic • Grenada • Haiti • Jamaica • Montserrat • Netherlands Antilles • Puerto Rico • Saint Barthélemy • Saint Kitts and Nevis • Saint Lucia • Saint Martin • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines • Turks and Caicos Islands • United States Virgin Islands
- Oceania: (includes the continent of Australia):
- Australasia:[15]
- Australia
- Dependencies/Territories of Australia:
- Australia
- Melanesia:[17]
- Micronesia:
- Federated States of Micronesia • Guam (USA) • Marshall Islands • Nauru • Northern Mariana Islands (USA) • Palau •
- Polynesia
- American Samoa (USA) • Cook Islands (NZ) French Polynesia (France) • Hawaii (USA) • Tokelau (NZ)
- Australasia:[15]
- South America:
- South Atlantic:
- ^ Kazakhstan is sometimes considered a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe; population and area figures are for Asian portion only.
- ^ The state is commonly known as simply "China", which is subsumed by the eponymous entity and civilization (China).
- ^ Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of PRC.
- ^ Macau is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of PRC.
- ^ Under the de facto control of Republic of China (ROC) government, commonly referred to as Taiwan. Claimed in whole by the PRC; see political status of Taiwan.
- ^ Excludes Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australian external territories in the Indian Ocean southwest of Indonesia).
- ^ General Population Census of Cambodia 2008 - Provisional population totals, National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning, released 3rd September, 2008
- ^ East Timor is often considered a transcontinental country in Southeastern Asia and Oceania.
- ^ Indonesia is often considered a transcontinental country in Southeastern Asia and Oceania
- ^ Armenia is sometimes considered a transcontinental country: physiographically in Western Asia, it has historical and sociopolitical connections with Europe.
- ^ Azerbaijan is often considered a transcontinental country in Western Asia and Eastern Europe; population and area figures are for Asian portion only. Figures include Nakhchivan, an autonomous exclave of Azerbaijan bordered by Armenia, Iran, and Turkey.
- ^ The island of Cyprus is sometimes considered a transcontinental territory: in the Eastern Basin of Mediterranean Sea south of Turkey, it has historical and socio-political connections with Europe. However, the U.N. considers Cyprus to be in Western Asia, while the C.I.A. considers it to be in the Middle East.
- ^ Georgia is often considered a transcontinental country in Western Asia and Eastern Europe; population and area figures are for the Asian portion only.
- ^ Turkey is generally considered a transcontinental country in Western Asia and Southern Europe; population and area figures are for Asian portion only, excluding all of Istanbul.
- ^ The use and scope of this term varies. The UN designation for this subregion is "Australia and New Zealand."
- ^ Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands are Australian external territories in the Indian Ocean southwest of Indonesia.
- ^ Excludes parts of Indonesia, island territories in Southeast Asia (UN region) frequently reckoned in this region.
- ^ Indonesia is generally considered a territory of Southeastern Asia (UN region); wholly or partially, it is also frequently included in Australasia or Melanesia. Figures include Indonesian portion of New Guinea (Irian Jaya) and Maluku Islands.