GEOGRAPHY

MOUNTAINS, LAKES AND RIVERS  |  CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES

 

THE SUBJECT GEOGRAPHY LOOKS AT THE NATURAL LANDSCAPES AND ONES  MADE BY HUMANS, LIKE TOWNS OR PORTS.

 

THESE ARE CALLED URBAN LANDSCAPES. NATURAL STRUCTURES ARE CALLED RURAL LANDSCAPES.

 

A BIG PART OF BOTH LANDSCAPES MEANS THAT YOU WORK WITH MAPS.

 

DIFFERENT INFORMATION FOR THE SAME PLACE

 

IN ANY ATLAS THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT MAPS OF THE WORLD, EACH SHOWING DIFFERENT INFORMATION, LIKE THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE, AMOUNT OF RAINFALL OR TIME ZONES.

 

THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD CAN BE DEFINED OR LABELLED ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS. LIKE THINGS THEY HAVE IN COMMON, THE LOCATION AND CLIMATE, OR THINGS THAT MAKE THEM DIFFERENT LIKE POLITICS AND NATIONALITIES.

 

DIVIDING THE WORLD INTO CONTINENTS IS ONE WAY TO SHOW THE DEFINING GEOGRAPHICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD. SOME OF THESE CHARACTERISTICS ARE DEFINED BY THINGS FAR UNDER THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND, CALLED TECTONIC PLATES. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THESE CHARACTERISTICS, SEE THE CHAPTER ON LANDSCAPES.

 

DIVIDING THE WORLD INTO REGIONS AND SUB-REGIONS IS ALSO A WAY TO SHOW GEOGRAPHICAL CHARACTERISTICS THAT ARE DIFFERENT FROM THE TECTONIC ONES. BOTH OF THESE MAPS ARE THEREFOR CALLED GEOGRAPHICAL MAPS.

 

ON EACH CONTINENT AND IN EACH REGION THERE ARE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES THAT ARE DIVIDED BY POLITICAL BORDERS. THIS MEANS THAT THE BORDERS WERE MADE ACCORDING TO EVENTS OR PEOPLE IN THE PAST AND ARE NOT NATURAL BORDERS LIKE MOUNTAINS, OCEANS OR RIVERS.

 

EACH COUNTRY HAS ITS OWN GOVERNMENT, LAWS AND POLITICAL SYSTEM THAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT TO OTHER COUNTRIES. THIS IS THE POLITICAL MAP OF THE WORLD.

 

 

CONTINENTS AND OCEANS

BY THIS DEFINITION THERE ARE THREE ISLANDS THAT ARE NOT CONSIDERED PART OF ANY CONTINENT, THESE ARE THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND AND FRENCH POLYNESIA MARKED ON THE MAP WITH A STAR. THE COUNTRIES IN A DARKER SHADE ARE THE TRANSCONTINENTAL COUNTIRES AROUND EUROPE.

REGIONS AND SUB-REGIONS

THE MAIN REGIONS ARE WRITTEN IN BIG BOLD WRITING AND THE SUB-REGIONS ARE IN SMALLER PRINT. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE UN GROUPING OF GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE ARCTIC OR ANTARCTICA.

FOR THE FULL UN LIST GO TO WEBSITE UNITED NATIONS STATISTICS DIVISION.

 

TRANSCONTINENTAL COUNTRIES

 

DIVIDING THE CONTINENT ALONG MOUNTAIN RANGES AND RIVERS INTO EUROPE AND ASIA, MEANS THAT SOME COUNTRIES ARE PART OF TWO DIFFERENT CONTINENTS.

 

THESE COUNTIRES INCLUDE: RUSSIA, KAZAKHSTAN, TURKEY, GEORGIA, AZERBAIJAN AND EGYPT.

 

HERE YOU CAN SEE HOW GEORGIA AND AZERBAIJAN ARE DIVIDED INTO ASIA AND EUROPE BETWEEN THE CAUCASUS MOUNTAIN RANGES.

 

ARMENIA AND CYPRUS ARE GEOGRAPHICALLY PART OF WEST ASIA BUT POLITICALLY CONSIDERED PART OF EUROPE.

THE LEGEND

 

AN IMPORTANT PART OF UNDERSTANDING MAPS IS UNDERSTANDING THE LEGEND. THE LEGEND IS A LIST OF SYMBOLS USED IN THE MAP TO TELL YOU WHERE THINGS LIKE RIVERS, MOUNTAINS AND BUILDINGS ARE. FOR MORE GOT TO MAPS...

 

HERE IS ANOTHER MAP SHOWING THE CONTINENT EURASIA INSTEAD OF SEPARATING IT INTO EUROPE AND ASIA. SOME PEOPLE ALSO BELIEVE THAT NEW ZEALAND IS A CONTINENT ON IT'S OWN, CALLED ZEALANDIA.

 

LEGEND:

 

THE COUNTRIES IN THIS SHADE ARE ON THE EURASIEN CONTINENT.

 

THE COUNTRIES IN THIS SHADE ARE ON THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT.

 

THE COUNTRIES IN THIS SHADE ARE ON THE AFRICAN CONTINENT.

 

THE COUNTRIES IN THIS SHADE ARE ON THE ZEALANDIAN CONTINENT.

 

THE COUNTRIES IN THIS SHADE ARE ON THE SOUTH AMERICAN CONTINENT.

 

THE COUNTRIES IN THIS SHADE ARE ON THE AUSTRALIEN CONTINENT.

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