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Geo Mapping World 1
Geo Mapping World 1
Geo Mapping World 1
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WORLD GEOGRAPHY
Ellesmere • Size/Location:
Island Ellesmere Island is
Canada's
northernmost and
third largest island,
and the tenth
largest in the
world.
• The Arctic
Cordillera
Mountain system
covers much of
Ellesmere Island.
an Sea/ • Location: It is an
Hyrcania endorheic basin, it lies
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• Significance: The
Caspian Sea is home to a
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• Bordering Countries:
Azerbaijan, Iran,
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Kazakhstan, Russia,
Turkmenistan [TARIK]
as an interim Australian
bioregion.
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• Significance: It is the
world's largest reef
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UNESCO]
Tasman • Location: It is a marginal
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Zealand.
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Other Straits
Strait Connecting Connecting Map/Location
Countries Water Bodies
Palk Strait India and The Bay of
Sri Lanka Bengal in the
northeast with
the Palk
Bay/Arabian
Sea in the
southwest
Bosporus Sea of
Strait Marmara and
Black Sea
Dardanelles Black Sea and
Strait Sea of Aegean
VOLCANIC BELTS
Important Trivia
Facts Location
Doubly Land-
Locked Countries
Landlocked
Countries
surrounded by
countries which
are themselves
landlocked.
• Example-
Uzbekistan,
Liechtenstein
Largest Dam –
Grand Coulee, on
the Columbia
River in the U.S.
state of
Washington.
Largest Desert –
Sahara
Largest artificial
lake
Lake Volta, Ghana
Largest
freshwater Lake-
Lake Superior,
shared by USA and
Canada
Highest Mountain
Range –
Himalayas
Largest mountain
peak – Mt. Everest
in Nepal [8851 m]
Longest
Mountain range –
Andes, South
America [roughly
7000 km length]
Highest Volcano
Ojos Del Salado, in
Andes. It is shared
by Argentina and
Chile. It is at a
height of 6885 m.
Deepest Point on
Earth – Mariana
Trench, Pacific
Ocean
Largest Peninsula
– Arabia
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Coldest Place –
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Vostok
(Antarctica).
It has a peak
temperature of -89
degree Celsius.
Largest and
Busiest Port –
Euro port and
Rotterdam
Port[combined],
both in
Netherlands.
Largest river in
volume
River Amazon,
South America
Largest Volcano
Mouna Loa,
Hawaii, USA
Highest Waterfall
– Angel Falls,
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Venezuela
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Broadest Strait
Davis Strait
between Baffin
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Island (Canada)
and Greenland
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(Denmark).
Largest Bay
Hudson Bay
Largest
Archipelago
Indonesia [roughly
300 islands]
Biggest and
Deepest canyon of
the world –
Yarlung Tsangpo
Grand Canyon,
Tibet.