Countries & regions
Basque Country: Map, Regions and Political Status
A map labeled “Basque Country” may show three territories, seven historical territories or a French intermunicipal area. The first task is not choosing which…
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Seas & oceans
Arabian Sea: Map, Countries and Monsoon Geography
Summer winds can bring cooler water to parts of a tropical coast rather than simply warming the sea. In the Arabian Sea, that seasonal…
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Costa Rica · Countries & regions
Costa Rica: Country Profile, Map and Geography
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: Country Profile, Map and Geography
A map of Vanuatu is not a map of one large island surrounded by a few smaller ones. The country extends along a chain…
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Seychelles · Countries & regions
Seychelles: Country Profile, Map and Geography
The most useful way to understand Seychelles is to look beyond the beach. A mountainous granite island, a low coral cay and a raised…
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Maldives · Countries & regions
Maldives: Country Profile, Map and Geography
A resort photograph shows only one part of Maldivian geography. The more useful picture includes reef platforms, channels, lagoons, densely settled urban islands and…
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Netherlands · Countries & regions
Netherlands: Country Profile, Map and Geography
A Dutch map is easier to understand when you separate three questions: where the land lies, how water moves across it, and which territory…
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Countries & regions
How Is the Geographic Center of a Country Calculated?
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 · Rivers
Niger River Map: Route, Countries and Two Deltas
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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Lakes
Lake Victoria: Map, Countries, Depth and Nile Connection
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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Rivers
Congo River Map: Course, Source, Countries and Basin
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 · Rivers
Paraná River Map: Countries, Tributaries and the Río de la Plata
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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