Lisbon · Cities & capitals
Lisbon Geography: Tagus Estuary, Hills and City Boundaries
Lisbon is often pictured as a city of hills beside a vast expanse of water. Both impressions are useful, but neither tells the whole…
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Portugal · Landforms
Douro River Map: Duero, the Border and the Wine Valley
The Douro and Duero are the same river: Douro is its Portuguese name and Duero its Spanish name. It rises in Spain, crosses the…
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Kathmandu · Landforms
Kathmandu Geography: Valley, Rivers and Heritage Map
Kathmandu is a Himalayan capital, but the streets at its center do not sit on a snowy summit. The city occupies a much gentler…
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Hanoi · Cities & capitals
Hanoi Geography: Red River, Lakes and City Boundaries
Hanoi’s geography is easier to understand when three things stay separate: the city center, the wider municipality and the Red River landscape. Each describes…
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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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Nairobi · Rivers
Nairobi Geography: Map, Elevation, Rivers and National Park
Nairobi challenges two common assumptions about African cities: that a place near the Equator must be uniformly hot, and that a large capital must…
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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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Addis Ababa · Cities & capitals
Addis Ababa Geography: Ethiopia’s Highland Capital
Addis Ababa is easier to understand when you look beyond its position as a capital. It is a highland city with an uneven surface,…
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Countries & regions
Tigris and Euphrates Map: Routes, Countries and Differences
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
Mekong River Map: Countries, Course and Tonle Sap
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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