Encyclopedia of World Geography, Volume 1Infobase Publishing, 2005 - 1267 pages The study of the natural environment, geography deals with the diverse physical, biological, and cultural features of the Earth's surface and examines how humans interact with it. |
Contents
A | 1 |
B | 69 |
C | 129 |
D | 231 |
E | 261 |
F | 317 |
G | 345 |
H | 403 |
P | 697 |
QR | 757 |
S | 795 |
T | 875 |
U | 927 |
V | 955 |
W | 977 |
X | 997 |
I | 443 |
J | 487 |
K | 503 |
L | 527 |
M | 563 |
N | 639 |
O | 683 |
Y | 1001 |
Z | 1005 |
Resource Guide | 1011 |
Glossary | 1015 |
World Rankings | 1029 |
World Atlas | 1109 |
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19th century Africa agricultural Amazon Rainforest American Asia Atlantic ATLANTIC OCEAN basin became BIBLIOGRAPHY Black Sea border boundaries British capital Caribbean cartogram Caspian Sea central China climate coast coastal colonies Congo River cultural cultural geography degrees F desert Earth east eastern economic Empire environment Eritrea Europe European EUROPEAN UNION flooding flows forests Gaia hypothesis GDP per capita geography glaciers global Highest Point Huang River human India Indian Ocean industry Islam islands JONATHAN SPANGLER SMITHSONIAN Lake land landscape largest located Lowest Point major MEDITERRANEAN SEA ment million mountains nomic northern ocean Pacific PACIFIC OCEAN Peninsula percent plains plateau political population production rainforest range region Republic River Russia soil southern Soviet SPANGLER SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION species square km temperature territory tion trade tropical United University Press Valley volcanic western World Factbook CIA zone