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Costa Rica · Countries & regions
Costa Rica is a Central American country between Nicaragua and Panama, bordered by the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea. Its geography combines volcanic ranges,…
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Vanuatu · Countries & regions
Vanuatu is an island country in the southwestern Pacific, east of Australia and west of Fiji. Its elongated, broadly Y-shaped archipelago combines mountainous islands,…
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Seychelles · Countries & regions
Seychelles is an African island country in the western Indian Ocean, northeast of Madagascar. Its geography contrasts the steep granitic landscapes of islands such…
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Maldives · Countries & regions
The Maldives is a South Asian island country in the Indian Ocean, southwest of India and Sri Lanka. Its low-lying coral islands belong to…
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Netherlands · Countries & regions
The Netherlands is a low-lying country whose European territory borders Germany, Belgium and the North Sea. Its geography combines river deltas, coastal dunes, reclaimed…
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Countries & regions
A country's geographic center depends on what “center” means and which territory is included. One common method finds the area-weighted balance point of its…
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Niger River · Countries & regions
The Niger River’s route is easy to misread: it starts in Guinea, curves far into the West African interior, and reaches the Atlantic in…
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Lake Victoria looks like a single blue shape on a map, but its geography involves three different scales: the lake shared by three countries,…
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The Congo River flows through Central Africa to the Atlantic Ocean. Its upper course is called the Lualaba; farther downstream it passes Kisangani, curves…
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Argentina · Countries & regions
The Paraná River begins where the Grande and Paranaíba meet in Brazil. It follows stretches of Brazil–Paraguay and Paraguay–Argentina border before continuing through Argentina…
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Iraq · Countries & regions
Two rivers dominate the map of Mesopotamia, but their routes are often blurred together. The Tigris passes Baghdad; the Euphrates takes a longer western…
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Cambodia · Countries & regions
The Mekong links the Tibetan Plateau with mainland Southeast Asia and the South China Sea. Its course runs through China, where it is called…
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