Encyclopedia - Geography: Encyclopedia - Geography
Geography is the study of the locational and spatial variation of both natural and human phenomena on Earth. The word derives from the Gr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography - Structure Of Geography
William Hughes - who taught the geography of the Holy Lands to divinity students at King's College London - defined geography in an addre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography - Structure Of Geography
William Hughes - who taught the geography of the Holy Lands to divinity students at King's College London - defined geography in an addre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Behavioral Geography: Encyclopedia - Behavioral Geography
Behavioral geography is an approach to Human Geography that examines human behavior using a disaggregate approach. Behavioral Geographers...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of India: Encyclopedia - Geography Of India
The geography of India is extremely diverse, with landscape ranging from snow-capped mountain ranges to deserts, plains, hills and platea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cultural Geography: Encyclopedia - Cultural Geography
Cultural Geography is the study of natural and man-made representations on our society. This is a very terse description and by no means ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Channel Geography: Encyclopedia - Channel Geography
In physical geography, a channel is the physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks. See Stream bed. A channel i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coastal Geography: Encyclopedia - Coastal Geography
Coastal geography is the study of coastal landforms, the natural and human causes of their existence and the consequences for people. It ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Address Geography: Encyclopedia - Address Geography
An address is a code and abstract concept expressing the fixed location of a home, business or other building on the earth's surface. Add...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aspect Geography: Encyclopedia - Aspect Geography
In geography, aspect generally refers to the direction to which a mountain slope faces. For example, a slope on the eastern edge of the R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Urban Geography: Encyclopedia - Urban Geography
Urban geography is the study of history of urban settlement, the development of cities, urban structure, spatial patterns that occur with...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Illinois: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Illinois - Political Geography
The city of Chicago is heavily Democratic. While this tendency has historically been balanced by Republican voters in the suburbs, Democr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Bhutan: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Bhutan - Natural Geography
The Himalayas dominate the north of the country, where mountain peaks can easily reach seven thousand meters; the highest point in the na...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of India - Political Geography
India is divided into 28 states (which are further subdivided into districts), six union territories and the National Capital Territory o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Bulgaria: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Bulgaria - Political Geography
Bulgaria's political geography has changed greatly since the restoration of statehood in 1878. Russia, whose military victories had lead ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Ireland: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Ireland - Physical Geography
Geography of Ireland - Geological development. The oldest known Irish rock is about 1.7 billion years old and is found on the island of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Canada: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Canada - Physical Geography
The physical geography of Canada is widely varied. Encompassed by the extreme points of Canada, it covers 9,984,670 km² and a panoply of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Canada: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Canada - Physical Geography
The physical geography of Canada is widely varied. Encompassed by the extreme points of Canada, it covers 9,984,670 km² and a panoply of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Canada: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Canada - Human Geography
Canada is divided into thirteen provinces and territories. According to Statistics Canada, 72.0% of the population is concentrated within...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Canada: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Canada - Human Geography
Canada is divided into thirteen provinces and territories. According to Statistics Canada, 72.0% of the population is concentrated within...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Austria: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Austria - Human Geography
Land-use patterns in Austria change from Alpine to non-Alpine regions. Approximately one-tenth of Austria is barren or unproductive, that...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Wales: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Wales - Lakes
The largest natural lake in Wales is Bala Lake. ... See also:Geography of Wales, Geography of Wales - National parks, Geography of Wal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Chad: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Chad - Area
Area: total: 1.284 million km² land: 1,259,200 km² water: 24,800 km² Area - comparative: slightly more than three times the size of Ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Germany - Terrain
Lowlands in north, uplands in centre, Bavarian Alps in south. Elevation extremes: Lowest point: Wilstermarsch (near Itzehoe) -3.5 m High...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Germany - Terrain
Lowlands in north, uplands in centre, Bavarian Alps in south. Elevation extremes: Lowest point: Wilstermarsch (near Itzehoe) - 3.5 m Hig...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Angola: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Angola - Location
Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Namibia and Democratic Republic of the Congo Geographic coordinates: 12°30â...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Turkey: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Turkey - Environment
Geography of Turkey - Current issues. Water pollution from dumping of chemicals and detergents; air pollution, particularly in urban ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Argentina: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Argentina - Boundaries
Total land boundaries: 9,665 km With border countries: Bolivia 832 km Brazil 1,224 km Chile 5,150 km Paraguay 1,880 km Uruguay 579 km C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Illinois: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Illinois - Geology
Illinois is mainly covered with soil, hundreds of feet thick in many places. Much of this is called, appropriately, "Illite". This is the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Angola: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Angola - Area
Geography of Angola - Area comparative. Australia comparative: smaller than the Northern Territory Canada comparative: slightly smalle...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Angola: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Angola - Terrain
Angola has three principal natural regions: the coastal lowland, characterized by low plains and terraces; hills and mountains, rising in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of China - Location
Eastern Asia, bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and South China Sea, between North Korea and Vietnam Geographic coordi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Turkey: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Turkey - Climate
Turkey's diverse regions have different climates, with the weather system on the coasts contrasting with that prevailing in the interior....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Argentina: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Argentina - Area
Geography of Argentina - Claims. Land claims Falkland Islands South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Argentine Antarctica M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of India - Wetlands
India's wetland ecosystem is widely distributed from the cold and arid; from ones in the Ladakh region in the state of Jammu and Kashmir ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Honduras: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Honduras - Environment
There is a move out of the poor campesinos out of the countryside and into the urban centers. Deforestation resulting from logging is esp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Turkey: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Turkey - Geology
Turkey's varied landscapes are the product of complex earth movements that have shaped Anatolia over thousands of years and still manifes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Gabon: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Gabon - Environment
International agreements: Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Angola: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Angola - Geology
The rock formations of Angola are met with in three distinct regions: the littoral zone, the median zone formed by a series of hills mor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Angola: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Angola - Drainage
Most of the country's many rivers originate in central Angola, but their patterns of flow are diverse and their ultimate outlets varied. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Norway: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Norway - Norwegian Geography In Fiction
In The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, fjords were an award winning geographical feature created by Slartibartfast when he helped in the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Honduras: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Honduras - Topography
Honduras has three distinct topographical regions: an extensive interior highland area and two narrow coastal lowlands. The interior, whi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Honduras: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Honduras - Hydrography
See main article Rivers of Honduras Honduras is a water-rich country. The most important river in Honduras is the Ulúa, which flows 400 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of India - Geology
India has a varied geology spanning the entire spectrum of the geological time period. India's geological features are classified based o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of India - Rivers
All major rivers of India originate from one of the three main watersheds. They are: The Himalaya and the Karakoram ranges Vindhya and S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of China - Environment
Main article: Environment of China Geography of China - Environment - current issues. Air pollution (greenhouse gases, sulfur dioxide p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Slovenia: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Slovenia - Terrain
a short coastal strip on the Adriatic, an alpine mountain region adjacent to Italy and Austria, mixed mountain and valleys with numerous ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Argentina: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Argentina - Environment
Current issues: Environmental problems (urban and rural) typical of an industrialising economy such as soil degradation, desertification,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Bhutan: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Bhutan - Climate
Bhutan's climate is as varied as its altitudes and, like most of Asia, is affected by monsoons. Western Bhutan is particularly affected b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Glasgow: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Glasgow - Climate
Glasgow weather is typical of Scottish weather and often unpredictable. The summer months (May-Sept) can be fine and sunny and quite mild...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Ireland: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Ireland - Climate
Ireland's climate is temperate, though significantly warmer than almost all other locations at similar latitude, such as Poland (on the c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Brazil: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Brazil - The Environment
The environmental problem that attracted most international attention in Brazil in the 1980s was undoubtedly deforestation in the Amazon....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Honduras: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Honduras - Climate
Although all of Honduras lies within the tropics, the climatic types of each of the three physiographic regions differ. The Caribbean low...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Greenland: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Greenland - Area
total: 2,175,600 km² land: 2,175,600 km² (341,700 km² ice-free, 1,833,900 km² ice-covered) (est.) Maritime claims: exclusive fishing...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of The Philippines: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of The Philippines - Terrain
The islands are volcanic in origin, being part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, and are mostly mountainous. The highest point in the country ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Chad: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Chad - The Land
Although Chadian society is economically, socially, and culturally fragmented, the country's geography is unified by the Lake Chad Basin....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Egypt - Provinces
Egypt is divided into twenty-six governorates (sometimes called provinces), which include four city governorates: Alexandria (Al Iskandar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Chad: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Chad - Boundaries
Land boundaries: total: 5,968 km border countries: Cameroon 1,094 km, Central African Republic 1,197 km, Libya 1,055 km, Niger 1,175 km, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Ethiopia: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Ethiopia - Climate
The climate of Ethiopia and its dependent territories varies greatly. The Somali Region and the Danakil lowlands in the Afar Region have ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Illinois: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Illinois - Climate
Illinois has a continental climate, with large temperature extremes not moderated by either mountains or oceans. Weather is influenced pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Bulgaria: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Bulgaria - Boundaries
Although external historical events often changed Bulgaria's national boundaries in its first century of existence, natural terrain featu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Bulgaria: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Bulgaria - Drainage
The Balkan Mountains divide Bulgaria into two nearly equal drainage systems. The larger system drains northward to the Black Sea, mainly ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Chad: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Chad - Climate
The Lake Chad Basin embraces a great range of tropical climates from north to south, although most of these climates tend to be dry. Apar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Jamaica: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Jamaica - Coasts
The coastline of Jamaica is one of many contrasts. The northeast shore is severely eroded by the ocean. There are many small inlets in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Jamaica: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Jamaica - Climate
Two types of climate are found on Jamaica. An upland tropical climate prevails on the windward side of the mountains, whereas a semiarid ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Cyprus: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Cyprus - Drainage
Deforestation over the centuries has damaged the island's drainage system and made access to a year-round supply of water difficult. A ne...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Glasgow: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Glasgow - Demographics
Geography of Glasgow - Population Density. Glasgow's population, peaked in 1930's with a population of 1,088,000 people, and for over 5...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of China - Climate
The climate of China is extremely diverse; tropical in the south to subarctic in the north. Monsoon winds, caused by differences in the h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Bulgaria: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Bulgaria - Environment
Like other former European members of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, Bulgaria saw unimpeded industrial growth as a vital sig...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Bulgaria: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Bulgaria - Climate
Considering its small area, Bulgaria has an unusually variable and complex climate. The country lies between the strongly contrasting con...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Turkmenistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Turkmenistan - Resources
Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, coal, sulfur, salt Land use: arable land: 3% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 63% fores...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Egypt - Boundaries
Egypt has land boundaries with Israel, Libya, Sudan, and the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian area formerly administered by Egypt and occupied b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Cyprus: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Cyprus - Terrain
The rugged Troodos Mountains, whose principal range stretches from Pomos Point in the northwest almost to Larnaca Bay on the east, are th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Mumbai: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Mumbai - Bays
Backbay is the largest bay in the city. The coastline of Backbay is an inverted C-shaped region 4 kilometres in length, and Marine Drive ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Mumbai: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Mumbai - Hills
The original seven islands of Bombay consisted of twenty-two hills. Most of them were razed to fill in the shallows to connect the island...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Venezuela: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Venezuela - Climate
Although the country lies wholly within the tropics, its climate varies from tropical humid to alpine, depending on the elevation, topogr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Bulgaria: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Bulgaria - Topography
The main characteristic of Bulgaria's topography is alternating bands of high and low terrain that extend east to west across the country...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Cambodia: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Cambodia - Topography
Cambodia falls within several well-defined geographic regions. The largest part of the country--about 75 percent of the total-- consists ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Cambodia: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Cambodia - Climate
Cambodia's climate--like that of the rest of Southeast Asia--is dominated by the monsoons, which are known as tropical wet and dry becaus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Cambodia: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Cambodia - Drainage
Except for the smaller rivers in the southeast, most of the major rivers and river systems in Cambodia drain into the Tonle Sap or into t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Venezuela: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Venezuela - Hydrography
The Orinoco is by far the most important of the more than 1,000 rivers in the country. Flowing more than 2,500 kilometers to the Atlantic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Albania - Climate
With its coastline facing the Adriatic and Ionian seas, its highlands backed upon the elevated Balkan landmass, and the entire country ly...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Albania - Borders
With the exception of the coastline, all Albanian borders are artificial. They were established in principle at the 1912-1913 conference ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Slovenia: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Slovenia - Environment
Geography of Slovenia - Current issues. The Sava River polluted with domestic and industrial waste; pollution of coastal waters with he...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Sudan: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Sudan - Soils
The country's soils can be divided geographically into three categories. These are the sandy soils of the northern and west central areas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Israel: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Israel - Topography
The country is divided into four regions: the coastal plain, the central hills, the Jordan Rift Valley, and the Negev Desert. The Mediter...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Cyprus: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Cyprus - Climate
The Mediterranean climate, warm and rather dry, with rainfall mainly between November and March, favors agriculture. In general, the isla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Venezuela: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Venezuela - Topography
www.dimondsoft.com Most observers describe Venezuela in terms of four fairly well-defined regions: the Maracaibo lowlands in the northwes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Canada: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Canada - Hydrography
Canada holds vast reserves of water: 7% of the world's fresh water, a quarter of humid lands and the third largest amount of glaciers (af...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Canada: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Canada - Hydrography
Canada holds vast reserves of water: 7% of the world's fresh water, a quarter of humid lands and the third largest amount of glaciers (af...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Romania: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Romania - Location
Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea and Danube, with the Carpathian mountains in its center. Controls most easily traversable la...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Interpretation Of Geography: Dream Dictionary - Geography
  Geography [81] To dream of studying geography, denotes that you will travel much and visit places of renown. [81] See also: ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Romania: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Romania - Environment
Environment - current issues: soil erosion and degradation; water pollution; air pollution in south from industrial effluents; contaminat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Sudan: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Sudan - Climate
Although Sudan lies within the tropics, the climate ranges from arid in the north to tropical wet-and-dry in the far southwest. Temperatu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography - History Of Geography
The Greeks are the first known culture to actively explore geography as a science and philosophy. Mapping by the Romans as they explored ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography - History Of Geography
The Greeks are the first known culture to actively explore geography as a science and philosophy. Mapping by the Romans as they explored ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography - Related Fields
Geography - Urban regional and spatial planning. Urban planning, regional planning and spatial planning use the science of geography to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography - Geographic Techniques
As spatial interrelationships are key to this synoptic science, maps are a key tool. Classical cartography has been joined by a more mode...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography - Geographic Techniques
As spatial interrelationships are key to this synoptic science, maps are a key tool. Classical cartography has been joined by a more mode...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography - Related Fields
Geography - Urban and regional planning. Urban planning and regional planning use the science of geography to assist in determining how...   » Read the article