Other Geographical Names

Stuttgart

"mare's garden"). Presently it is the 6th largest city in Germany. It is most famous for its automotive industry - both Porsche and Mercedes-Benz have their headquarters in Stuttgart and both have car museums.

Red River

"of the South", is a major river in the Southern United States. It was named for its water color from passing through __-bed country in its watershed. It is one of several rivers with that name; forms border b/w texas and oklahoma

Le Havre

a major port in northern France's Normandy region, where the Seine River meets the English Channel.

Recife

a major port on the Atlantic. Its name is an allusion to the stone reefs that are present by the city's shores. The many rivers, small islands and over 50 bridges found in its city centre characterise its geography and led to the city being called the "Brazilian Venice".

Black Sea

a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean lying between Europe and Asia; east of the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, south of the East European Plain in Eastern Europe, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia in Western Asia. It is supplied by major rivers, principally the Danube, Dnieper and Don; was first named by the ancient Greeks who called it "Inhospitable Sea." The sea got this reputation because it was difficult to navigate, and hostile tribes inhabited its shores.

Coral Sea

a marginal sea of the South Pacific off the northeast coast of Australia, and classified as an interim Australian bioregion.

Sea of Okhotsk

a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean. It is located between Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on the east, the Kuril Islands on the southeast, Japan's island of Hokkaido on the south, the island of Sakhalin along the west, and a stretch of eastern Siberian coast along the west and north

Ayers Rock

a massive sandstone monolith in the heart of the Northern Territory's arid "Red Centre". The nearest large town is Alice Springs, 450km away. Uluru is sacred to indigenous Australians and is thought to have started forming around 550 million years ago.

Persian Gulf

a mediterranean sea in Western Asia. The body of water is an extension of the Indian Ocean through the Strait of Hormuz and lies between Iran to the northeast and the Arabian Peninsula to the southwest.

Milan

a metropolis in Italy's northern Lombardy region, is a global capital of fashion and design. Home to the national stock exchange, it's a financial hub also known for its high-end restaurants and shops. The Gothic Duomo di Milano cathedral and the Santa Maria delle Grazie convent, housing Leonardo da Vinci's mural "The Last Supper," testify to centuries of art and culture

Mesabi Range

a mining district in northeastern Minnesota following an elongate trend containing large deposits of iron ore. It is the largest of four major iron ranges in the region collectively known as the Iron Range of Minnesota.

Parnassus

a mountain of limestone in central Greece that towers above Delphi, north of the Gulf of Corinth, and offers scenic views of the surrounding olive groves and countryside; sacred mountain that is home of the Muses

Matterhorn

a mountain of the Alps, straddling the main watershed and border between Switzerland and Italy; Meaning "peak in the meadows" in German, the nearly 15,000-foot-tall mountain

Apennines

a mountain range consisting of parallel smaller chains extending c. 1,200 km along the length of peninsular Italy.

Southern Alps

a mountain range extending along much of the length of New Zealand's South Island, reaching its greatest elevations near the range's western side.

Laurentian Mountains

a mountain range in southern Quebec, Canada, north of the St. Lawrence River and Ottawa River, rising to a highest point of 1,166 metres at Mont Raoul Blanchard

Wasatch Range

a mountain range in the western United States that runs about 160 miles from the Utah-Idaho border south to central Utah. It is the western edge of the greater Rocky Mountains, and the eastern edge of the Great Basin region.

Caucasus Mountains

a mountain system at the intersection of Europe and Asia. Stretching between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea; home to Mount Elbrus, the highest peak in Europe

Scottish Highlands

a mountainous region encompassing northwest Scotland. Loch Ness is at the centre, overlooked by the ruins of medieval Urquhart Castle and known for mythical monster "Nessie".

Black Forest

a mountainous region in southwest Germany, bordering France. Known for its dense, evergreen forests and picturesque villages, it is often associated with the Brothers Grimm fairy tales

Strait of Gibraltar

a narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates the Iberian Peninsula in Europe from Morocco in Africa

Bosporus Strait

a narrow, natural strait and an internationally significant waterway located in northwestern Turkey. It forms part of the continental boundary between Europe and Asia, and divides Turkey by separating Anatolia from Thrace.

Strait of Magellan

a navigable sea route in southern Chile separating mainland South America to the north and Tierra del Fuego to the south.

Fez

a northeastern Moroccan city often referred to as the country's cultural capital; type of hat also

Malay Peninsula

a peninsula in Southeast Asia. The land mass runs approximately north-south and, at its terminus, is the southernmost point of the Asian mainland; Malaysia, Thailand, and part of Myanmar are all located on it

Crimea

a peninsula located on the northern coast of the Black Sea in Eastern Europe that is almost completely surrounded by both the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov to the northeast.

Yucatan Peninsula

a peninsula that separates the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean Sea, encompassing 3 Mexican states, plus portions of Belize and Guatemala.

Aberdeen

a port city in northeast Scotland, where the Dee and Don rivers meet the North Sea. With an offshore petroleum industry, the city is home to an international population. It's also known as the 'Granite City' for its many enduring grey-stone buildings

Marseille

a port city in southern France, has been a crossroads of immigration and trade since its founding by the Greeks circa 600 B.C.

Antwerp

a port city on Belgium's River Scheldt, with history dating to the Middle Ages. In its center, the centuries-old Diamond District houses thousands of diamond traders, cutters and polishers; "Diamond Capital of the World"

Odessa

a port city on the Black Sea in southern Ukraine. It's known for its beaches and 19th-century architecture, including the Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater. The monumental Potemkin Stairs, immortalized in "The Battleship Potemkin," lead down to the waterfront with its Vorontsov Lighthouse.

Glasgow

a port city on the River Clyde in Scotland's western Lowlands. It's famed for its Victorian and art nouveau architecture, a rich legacy of the city's 18th-20th-century prosperity due to trade and shipbuilding

Thunder Bay

a port on the northwestern shore of Lake Superior in Ontario, important shipping center for grain, minerals, and timber

Sparta

a prominent city-state in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon, while the name ___ referred to its main settlement on the banks of the Eurotas River in Laconia, in south-eastern Peloponnese.

Vosges Mountains

a range of low mountains in Eastern France, near its border with Germany. Together with the Palatine Forest to the north on the German side of the border,

Luray Caverns

cave in Virginia, United States, which has drawn many visitors since its discovery in 1878.

Charlotte Amalie

city and cruise ship port on the Caribbean island of St. Thomas. It is the capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Geneva

city in Switzerland that lies at the southern tip of expansive Lac Léman. Surrounded by the Alps and Jura mountains, the city has views of dramatic Mont Blanc. Headquarters of Europe's United Nations and the Red Cross, it's a global hub for diplomacy and banking.

Arecibo

city that has the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center, an observatory in Puerto Rico owned by the US National Science Foundation

Sonoran Desert

desert in south Arizona and Mexico

Oslo

famous for its Viking and nautical history, museums, and impeccable seafood. It's an eco-conscious harbor city with 693,494 inhabitants, and is known by locals as "The Tiger City". it is also known for its eclectic architecture and for being the home of the Nobel Peace Prize

Bay of Biscay

gulf of the northeast Atlantic Ocean located south of the Celtic Sea. It lies along the western coast of France from Point Penmarc'h to the Spanish border, and the northern coast of Spain west to Cape Ortegal

Mesa

he city is known for it's stunning views of the Superstition Mountains, it's beautiful desert climate, and it's sometimes insufferable heat; a city just east of Phoenix, in Arizona. ___ Grande Cultural Park is home to a giant, centuries-old ceremonial mound, and artifacts of the ancient Hohokam people.

Thousand Oaks

he second-largest city in Ventura County, California, United States. It is in the northwestern part of Greater Los Angeles, approximately 40 miles from Downtown Los Angeles, and is less than 15 miles from the Los Angeles neighborhood of Woodland Hills.

Lyon

historically known as an important area for the production and weaving of silk and in modern times has developed a reputation as the capital of gastronomy in France; the capital city in France's Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, sits at the junction of the Rhône and Saône rivers.

Pamlico Sound

in North Carolina in the US is the largest lagoon along the North American East Coast, extending 80 mi long and 15 to 20 miles wide.

Champagne

in the northeast of France. The area is best known for the production of the sparkling white wine that bears the region's name.

Lapland

is Finland's northernmost region, a sparsely populated area bordering Sweden, Norway, Russia and the Baltic Sea

Ozark Mountains

is a physiographic region in the U.S. states of Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma and the extreme southeastern corner of Kansas.

Bakersfield

is famous for being the home of country music singers Merle Haggard and Buck Owens, and has the nickname "the country music capital of the West Coast."

Allentown

is known for many things, including its award-winning park system, the Lehigh Valley IronPigs baseball team, and its rich Pennsylvania Dutch history.

Shenandoah Valley

is located in the western part of Virginia and the eastern panhandle of West Virginia, between the Blue Ridge and Allegheny Mountains. The region is best known for its natural beauty and Civil War history, involving Sheridan burning it upon Grant's orders

Tyrrhenian Sea

is part of the Mediterranean Sea off the western coast of Italy.

Ellesmere Island

is part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Lying within the Arctic Archipelago, it is considered part of the Queen Elizabeth Islands, with Cape Columbia being the most northerly point of land in Canada

Grozny

is the capital city of the Chechen Republic, Russia.

Palermo

is the capital of the Italian island of Sicily. The 12th-century Palermo Cathedral houses royal tombs, while the huge neoclassical Teatro Massimo is known for opera performances.

Nantucket

is the centerpiece of Herman Melville's Moby Dick and Nathaniel Philbrick's In the Heart of the Sea. This is no surprise, considering our island was the whaling capital of the world in the early 19th century.

Luzon

is the country's largest and most populous island. It's known for its mountains, beaches and coral reefs, and is home to Manila, the national capital.

Ben Nevis

is the highest mountain in the British Isles, situated in Inverness-shire in the Highlands of Scotland. The summit is 1,345 metres above sea level.

Bologna

is the lively, historic capital of the Emilia-Romagna region, in northern Italy. Its Piazza Maggiore is a sprawling plaza lined with arched colonnades, cafes and medieval and Renaissance structures such as City Hall, the Fountain of Neptune and the Basilica di San Petronio; Home to the oldest university in the Western world

Albuquerque

is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. The city's nicknames are The Duke City and Burque; hosts the international balloon fiesta

Cape Agulhas

is the most southern coastal village and holiday resort in Africa

Gulf of Bothnia

is the northernmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It is situated between Finland's west coast and Sweden's east coast. In the south of the gulf lie the Åland Islands, between the Sea of Åland and the Archipelago Sea.

Overland Park

is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas. Located in Johnson County, it is a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri and the second-most populous city in the Kansas City metropolitan area;

New Orleans

is world-renowned for its distinct music, Creole cuisine, unique dialect, and its annual celebrations and festivals, most notably Mardi Gras. The historic heart of the city is the French Quarter, known for its French and Spanish Creole architecture and vibrant nightlife along Bourbon Street.

Hells Canyon

it reaches a maximum depth of 7,900 feet (2,400 metres), making it the deepest gorge on the North American continent; located on the borders of the U.S. states of Oregon and Idaho

Perth

the capital city of Western Australia, with a population of almost 2 million people, and is famous for being the most isolated city in the world, completely surrounded by Australian nature: the Indian Ocean on one side and the Australian outback on the other.

Edmonton

the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta; Known as the "Gateway to the North"

Medellin

the capital of Colombia's mountainous Antioquia province. Nicknamed the "City of Eternal Spring" for its temperate weather, it hosts a famous annual Flower Festival

Cayenne

the capital of French Guiana, on the northeast coast of South America. Its 17th-century old town district blends influences from France, the Caribbean and Brazil.

Montego Bay

the capital of Saint James Parish on Jamaica's north coast, is a major cruise ship port with numerous beach resorts and golf courses outside its commercial core.

Regina

the capital of Saskatchewan, Canada. The Royal Saskatchewan Museum has exhibits on Canada's Aboriginal peoples and native animals; Often known as the Queen City, it is the second largest city in the province and is located on Treaty 4 territory, and Homeland of the Métis people

Seville

the capital of southern Spain's Andalusia region. It's famous for flamenco dancing, particularly in its Triana neighborhood. Major landmarks include the ornate Alcázar castle complex, built during the Moorish Almohad dynasty, and the 18th-century Plaza de Toros de la Maestranza bullring. The Gothic ____ Cathedral is the site of Christopher Columbus's tomb and a minaret turned bell tower, the Giralda

Winnipeg

the capital of the Canadian province of Manitoba. Its heart is The Forks, a historic site at the intersection of the Red and Assiniboine rivers;

Nashville

the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and home to Vanderbilt University. Legendary country music venues include the Grand Ole Opry House, home of the famous "Grand Ole Opry" stage and radio show. The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and historic Ryman Auditorium are Downtown, as is the District, featuring honky-tonks with live music and the Johnny Cash Museum, celebrating the singer's life

Melbourne

the coastal capital of the southeastern Australian state of Victoria; first olympics held in the southern hemisphere here in 1956

Byzantium

the continuation of the Roman Empire in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinople

Gulf Stream

together with its northern extension the North Atlantic Drift, is a warm and swift Atlantic ocean current that originates in the Gulf of Mexico and stretches to the tip of Florida, and follows the eastern coastlines of the United States and Newfoundland before crossing the Atlantic Ocean as the North Atlantic Current.

Mount Sinai

traditionally known as Jabal Musa, is a mountain in the ___ Peninsula of Egypt that is a possible location of the biblical ___ ____, the place where Moses received the Ten Commandments

Munich

located at the river Isar in the south of Bavaria, is known for its architecture, fine culture, the annual Oktoberfest beer celebration, its vibrant cultural scene and its museums; capital of Bavaria

Adirondack Mountains

located in Northern New York, about 4 hours north of Manhattan and two hours south of Montreal; highest mountain is Mount Marcy

Zaire

name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1971 and 1997

American Samoa

a U.S. territory covering 7 South Pacific islands and atolls. Tutuila, the largest island, is home to the capital Pago Pago, whose natural harbor is framed by volcanic peaks including 1,716-ft.-high Rainmaker Mountain

Strait of Hormuz

narrow body of water that connects the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea

Fort Knox

a United States Army installation in Kentucky, south of Louisville and north of Elizabethtown; It is adjacent to the United States Bullion Depository, which is used to house a large portion of the United States' official gold reserves.

Painted Desert

a United States desert of badlands in the Four Corners area running from near the east end of Grand Canyon National Park and southeast into Petrified Forest National Park.

Padre Island

a barrier island along the southern coast of Texas. It's home to __ ___National Seashore, a vast protected area with beaches sheltering rare Kemp's ridley sea turtles.

Gulf of Cambay

a bay on the Arabian Sea coast of India, bordering the state of Gujarat right north of city of Mumbai.

Lake Okeechobee

, also known as Florida's Inland Sea, is the largest freshwater lake in the state of Florida. It is the eighth largest natural freshwater lake among the 50 states of the United States

Midway Island

2.4-square-mile atoll in the North Pacific Ocean at 28°12′N 177°21′W. Midway Atoll is an unorganized, unincorporated territory of the United States. Roughly equidistant between North America and Asia, Midway is the only island in the Hawaiian archipelago that is not part of the state of Hawaii.; decisive WWII battle between US and Japanese Navy

San Bernardino

;perhaps most famous for lying along Route 66, probably one of the most iconic roads in the entire world; city in California, east of Los Angeles. Ancient Egyptian relics are on display at the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art, at California State University, ___ _____

Badlands

A South Dakota region where a group of Sioux hoped to hide out as they fled from their reservation in response to Sitting Bull's death

Nubia

A civilization to the south of Egypt in the Nile Valley, noted for development of an alphabetic writing system and a major iron working industry by 500 BCE

Lake Turkana

A lake in the Kenyan Rift Valley, with its far northern end crossing into Ethiopia. It is the world's largest permanent desert lake and the world's largest alkaline lake.

Tampa

A major business center in Florida, it's also known for its museums and other cultural offerings. Busch Gardens is an African-themed amusement park with thrill rides and animal-viewing areas. The historic Ybor City neighborhood, developed by Cuban and Spanish cigar-factory workers at the turn of the 20th century, is a dining and nightlife destination.

Khyber Pass

A mountain pass connecting Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Northwest Passage

A water route from the Atlantic to the Pacific through northern Canada and along the northern coast of Alaska. Sought by navigators since the 16th century.

Acapulco

a beach resort town on Mexico's Pacific coast, is set on a large bay backed by high-rises and the Sierra Madre del Sur mountains. Made famous by the jet set in the 1950s and '60s, it's known for its high-energy nightlife, beaches and golf.

Anchorage

Alaska's largest city, is in the south-central part of the state on the Cook Inlet. It's known for its cultural sites,

Tasman Sea

An arm of the southern Pacific Ocean between southeastern Australia and New Zealand.

Zanzibar

An island in the Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa, part of Tanzania

Vienna

Austria's capital, lies in the country's east on the Danube River. Its artistic and intellectual legacy was shaped by residents including Mozart, Beethoven and Sigmund Freud.

Tenochtitlan

Capital of the Aztec Empire, located on an island in Lake Texcoco. Its population was about 150,000 on the eve of Spanish conquest. Mexico City was constructed on its ruins.

Timbuktu

City on the Niger River in the modern country of Mali. It was founded by the Tuareg as a seasonal camp sometime after 1000. As part of the Mali empire, it became a major major terminus of the trans-Saharan trade and a center of Islamic learning.

Cape Henry

a cape on the Atlantic shore of Virginia located in the northeast corner of Virginia Beach. It is the southern boundary of the entrance to the long estuary of the Chesapeake Bay.

Frankfurt am Main

a central German city on the river Main, is a major financial hub that's home to the European Central Bank. It's the birthplace of famed writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, whose former home is now the Goethe House Museum.

Cape May

a city and seaside resort at the tip of southern New Jersey's Cape ___ Peninsula

Myrtle Beach

a city and vacation resort on South Carolina's Atlantic coast, is the hub of the Grand Strand, a 60-mile string of beaches.

Weimar Republic

German republic founded after the WWI and the downfall of the German Empire's monarchy.

Corinth

Greek city of ___ was founded in the Neolithic Period sometime between 5000-3000 BCE. It became a major city in the 8th century BCE and was known for its architectural and artistic innovations including the invention of black-figure pottery.

Gaul

a region of Western Europe first described by the Romans. It was inhabited by Celtic tribes, encompassing present day France, Luxembourg, Belgium, most of Switzerland, and parts of Northern Italy, the Netherlands, and Germany, particularly the west bank of the Rhine. It covered an area of 494,000 km²

Lehman Caves

Historic caves in Great Basin National Park in Nevada

Bodh Gaya

a village in the northeast Indian state of Bihar. Considered one of the most important Buddhist pilgrimage sites, one of the holiest of Buddhist sites: the location where, under the sacred pipal, or Bo tree, Gautama Buddha (Prince Siddhartha) attained enlightenment and became the Buddha.

Lake Placid

a village near the lake of the same name, in New York State's Adirondack Mountains. It's known as a Winter Olympics venue and a hub for snow sports and other outdoor pursuits.

Alexandria

It is most famous in antiquity as the site of the Pharos, the great lighthouse, considered one of the seven wonders of the ancient world and for the Temple of Serapis

Baffin Bay

It is sometimes considered a sea of North Atlantic Ocean. It is connected to the Atlantic via Davis Strait and the Labrador Sea.

Pitcairn Islands

It is the smallest and most remote inhabited place in the world. Fletcher Christian and the Bounty Mutineers immortalized it in the famous Mutiny on the Bounty; he seized control of the ship from their captain, Lieutenant William Bligh, and set him and 18 loyalists adrift in the ship's open launch

Limpopo River

rises in South Africa, and flows generally eastwards through Mozambique to the Indian Ocean

Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

It's home to several large cities, including Newport, which is famed for sailing and Gilded Age mansions, such as The Breakers. Providence, its capital, is home to Brown University, green Roger Williams Park, landscaped Waterplace Park and Riverwalk, with the famed WaterFire art installation

Arno River

river that divides Florence in two parts.

Thebes

a city in Boeotia, central Greece. It played an important role in Greek myths, as the site of the stories of Cadmus, Oedipus, Dionysus, Heracles and others; It is known as the birthplace of the Greek hero Hercules and played a major role in the stories of Oedipus and Dionysus. Also, perhaps the most famous Greek poet of the time, Pindar, lived here

Milos

a volcanic Greek island in the Aegean Sea, just north of the Sea of Crete. it is the southwesternmost island in the Cyclades group. The Venus de Milo and the Asclepius of Milos were both found on the island, as were a Poseidon and an archaic Apollo now in Athens

Nazareth

a city in Israel with biblical history. In the old city, the domed Basilica of the Annunciation is, some believe, where the angel Gabriel told Mary she would bear a child. St. Joseph's Church is said to be the site of Joseph's carpentry workshop. The underground Synagogue Church is reputedly where Jesus studied and prayed; where Jesus grew up

Gary

a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States, 25 miles from downtown Chicago, Illinois. adjacent to the Indiana Dunes National Park and borders southern Lake Michigan. named after lawyer Elbert Henry Gary, who was the founding chairman of the United States Steel Corporation

Mohenjo-Daro

Largest city of the Indus Valley civilization. It was centrally located in the extensive floodplain of the Indus River. Little is known about the political institutions of Indus Valley communities, but the large-scale implies central planning.

Fayetteville

a city in North Carolina. The Airborne and Special Operations Museum has exhibits on U.S. Army history, and a motion simulator. The riverside Cape Fear Botanical Garden has plant species like camellias and daffodils, plus a children's garden.

Provo

a city in Utah. It's home to Brigham Young University and its museums, including the Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum

Coventry

a city in central England. It's known for the medieval ____ Cathedral, which was left in ruins after a WWII bombing

Fort Wayne

a city in northeastern Indiana.; home to the Komets hockey team, the Mad Ants basketball team, and the TinCaps baseball team. also is a hub for many amateur sports leagues specifically at the collegiate level;

Guadalajara

Mexico's second largest city and the capital of Jalisco, the most Mexican of states - home of tequila, mariachi and charreria, the country's official national sport.

Jura Mountains

Mountain range that borders France and Switzerland; a sub-alpine mountain range a short distance north of the Western Alps and mainly demarcate a long part of the French-Swiss border.

Atlas Mountains

Mountains extend some 2,500km across northwestern Africa, spanning Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, separating the Atlantic and Mediterranean coastline from the Sahara Desert.

Catskill Mountains

Mountains lie in southeastern New York State

Fort Collins

a city in northern Colorado. Its Old Town historic district has 1800s houses, a vintage trolley, specialty shops and restaurants; produces 70 percent of Colorado's craft beer and seven percent of the United States

Verona

a city in northern Italy's Veneto region, with a medieval old town built between the meandering Adige River. It's famous for being the setting of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet." A 14th-century residence with a tiny balcony overlooking a courtyard is said be "Juliet's House."

Naples

Neapolitan cuisine is noted for its association with pizza, which originated in the city, as well as numerous other local dishes; a city in southern Italy, sits on the Bay of ____. Nearby is Mount Vesuvius, the still-active volcano that destroyed nearby Roman town Pompeii. Dating to the 2nd millennium B.C., it has centuries of important art and architecture.

Cape Coral

a city in southwest Florida, known for its many canals. Home to manatees, Sirenia Vista Park has kayak routes to Matlacha Pass Aquatic Preserve, where birds wade amid mangroves.

Paterson

New Jersey city founded in 1792 by Alexander Hamilton and the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures. The city is the first planned industrial center in the United States, and the factories and mills were powered by the Great Falls of the Passaic River.

Cuzco

a city in the Peruvian Andes, was once capital of the Inca Empire, and is now known for its archaeological remains and Spanish colonial architecture.

Busan

South Korea's second largest city and largest seaport. It is known for its beaches, hot springs, nature reserves and events such as the city's renowned international film festival held each fall.

Amarillo

a city in the Texas Panhandle. It's a gateway to the vast, trail-lined Palo Duro Canyon State Park. The Cadillac Ranch is an installation of graffiti-decorated cars, partly buried in a field. With art deco and Spanish Revival buildings, the U.S. Route 66-Sixth Street Historic District is a hub for dining and antiques

Williamsburg

a city in the U.S. state of Virginia, was capital of the Virginia Colony from 1699 to 1780 and played a significant role in the American Revolution. It forms the "Historic Triangle" together with Jamestown and Yorktown.

Troy

a city in the northwest of Asia Minor, southwest of the Çanakkale Strait, south of the mouth of the Dardanelles and northwest of Mount Ida. The location in the present day is the hill of Hisarlik and its immediate vicinity.

Reno

a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada-California border, about 22 miles from Lake Tahoe, known as "The Biggest Little City in the World".

San Juan

Puerto Rico's capital and largest city, sits on the island's Atlantic coast

Vicksburg

a city in western Mississippi. It's known as the site of a key Civil War battle; a battle here split the Confederacy in two and gave the North control of the Mississippi River.

Tiber River

River that runs through Rome; the third-longest river in Italy and the longest river in Central Italy, rising in the Apennine Mountains in Emilia-Romagna and flowing 406 kilometres through Tuscany, Umbria and Lazio, where it is joined by the river Aniene, to the Tyrrhenian Sea, between Ostia and Fiumicino.

Dayton

a city in western Ohio. It's home to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, with a vast collection of aircraft from early 1900s planes to a space shuttle exhibit. Carillon Historical Park contains a Wright Brothers plane

Tulsa

a city on the Arkansas River, in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It's known for its art deco architecture, mostly in the central Deco District. Landmarks like the Philcade and Philtower buildings reflect a 20th-century construction boom fueled by the prosperous local oil industry.

Yonkers

a city on the Hudson River, in Westchester County, New York. Green spaces include Untermyer Park and Gardens, with its formal Walled Garden, water features and river views. The Hudson River Museum has American art, an 1876 mansion and a planetarium.

Hannibal

a city on the Mississippi River in northeast Missouri. The Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum is where the American writer grew up, and displays artifacts such as his typewriter and writing desk.

Lake Tanganyika

an African Great Lake. It is the second-oldest freshwater lake in the world, the second-largest by volume, and the second-deepest, in all cases after Lake Baikal in Siberia. It is the world's longest freshwater lake; Located in Central Africa on the borders of Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia and Burundi,

Aegean Sea

Sea that is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between the Balkanian and Anatolian peninsulas. The sea has an area of some 215,000 square kilometres.

Adriatic Sea

Sea that separates the Balkan Peninsula and the Italian Peninsula, as well as the Apennine Mountains and Dinaric Alps; is the northernmost arm of the Mediterranean Sea, extending from the Strait of Otranto to the northwest and the Po Valley

Pomerania

an historical region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in Central Europe, split between Poland and Germany

The Hague

a city on the North Sea coast of the western Netherlands. Its Gothic-style Binnenhof (or Inner Court) complex is the seat of the Dutch parliament, and 16th-century Noordeinde Palace is the king's workplace. The city is also home to the U.N.'s International Court of Justice, headquartered in the Peace Palace, and the International Criminal Court

Adelaide

South Australia's cosmopolitan coastal capital. Its ring of parkland on the River Torrens is home to renowned museums such as the Art Gallery of South Australia

Abyssinia

the ancient name for Ethiopia

Celtic Sea

the area of the Atlantic Ocean off the south coast of Ireland bounded to the east by Saint George's Channel

San Diego

a city on the Pacific coast of California known for its beaches, parks and warm climate. Immense Balboa Park is the site of the renowned ___ ____ Zoo; popular attractions include the world-famous ___ ____ Zoo and ___ ____ Zoo Safari Park, SeaWorld ___ ____and LEGOLAND California.

Knoxville

a city on the Tennessee River in eastern Tennessee; . It is also the Gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains

Turin

the capital city of Piedmont in northern Italy, known for its refined architecture and cuisine. The Alps rise to the northwest of the city; hosted 2006 Olympics

Anaheim

a city outside Los Angeles, in Southern California. It's home to the Disneyland Resort, a massive complex of family-friendly, Disney-themed rides, restaurants, hotels and shops. The city's also home to pro sports teams. The Honda Center is the indoor arena where the NHL Ducks hockey team plays

Long Beach

a coastal city and port in Southern California; known for its waterfront attractions, including the permanently docked RMS Queen Mary and the Aquarium of the Pacific. also hosts a Grand Prix currently an IndyCar race and a Pride Festival and Parade.

Tierra del Fuego

The large island, maybe archipelago whose name means "Land of Fire". it is located near the southern tip of Chile, but administered by Argentina and Chile; the southernmost, smallest, and least populous Argentine province. The province had been inhabited by indigenous people for more than 12,000 years

Chichen Itza

a complex of Mayan ruins on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. A massive step pyramid, known as El Castillo or Temple of Kukulcan, dominates the ancient city, which thrived from around 600 A.D. to the 1200s.

Hebrides Islands

These Islands lie northwest of Scotland and contain the largest concentration of Scottish Gaelic speakers in Scotland.

Mount Mazama

a complex volcano in the state of Oregon, United States, in a segment of the Cascade Volcanic Arc and Cascade Range. Most of the mountain collapsed following a major eruption approximately 7,700 years ago; caldera formed Crater Lake

Yugoslavia

This country was created after WWI, uniting ethnicities that spoke similar Slavic language; The six constituent republics that made up the SFRY were the SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SR Croatia, SR Macedonia, SR Montenegro, SR Serbia, and SR Slovenia..

Chimborazo

a currently inactive stratovolcano in the Cordillera Occidental range of the Andes. Its last known eruption is believed to have occurred around 550 A.D; stratovolcano in Ecuador

Gulf of Aden

a deepwater gulf between Yemen to the north, the Arabian Sea to the east, Djibouti to the west, and the Guardafui Channel, Socotra, and Somaliland to the south.

Leyte

This is an island in the eastern Philippine Islands chain that the United States used as a base to conquer the Philippines from the Japanese in late 1944.

Lough Neagh

a large freshwater lake in Northern Ireland. It is the largest lake by area in the British Isles, with a surface area of 151 square miles

Osaka

a large port city and commercial center on the Japanese island of Honshu. It's known for its modern architecture, nightlife and hearty street food; second largest city in Japan

Kalahari Desert

a large semi-arid sandy savannah in Southern Africa extending for 900,000 square kilometres, covering much of Botswana, and parts of Namibia and Southern Africa.

Mount Apo

a large solfataric, dormant stratovolcano on the island of Mindanao, Philippines.

Palisades

a line of steep cliffs along the west side of the lower Hudson River in Northeastern New Jersey and Southeastern New York in the United States.

Ural Mountains

This north-south mountain range separates Siberia from the rest of Russia. It is commonly considered the boundary between the continents of Europe and Asia.

St. Moritz

a luxury alpine resort town in Switzerland's Engadin valley. It has hosted the Winter Olympics twice, has the Cresta Run, a world-championship bobsled run made of natural ice, and an outdoor Olympic ice rink.

Meuse River

a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea from the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta

San Antonio

a major city in south-central Texas with a rich colonial heritage. The Alamo, an 18th-century Spanish mission preserved as a museum, marks an infamous 1836 battle for Texan independence from Mexico. Following the ___ ____ River, the miles-long River Walk is a landmark pedestrian promenade lined with cafes and shops.

Cascade Mountains

a major mountain range of western North America, extending from southern British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to Northern California

Sierra Madre

a major mountain range system of the North American Cordillera, that runs northwest-southeast through northwestern and western Mexico, and along the Gulf of California

Krakatoa

Volcano in Indonesia in 1883 that had a giant explosion and created a series of tsunamis killing 36,000

Isthmus of Darien

the narrow strip of land that lies between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, linking North and South America. It contains the country of Panama and the Panama Canal; former name for Isthmus of Panama

Porto

World-famous for its port wine, it is Portugal's second largest city and is the commercial and industrial centre for the zone north of the Mondego River.

Rotterdam

a major port city in the Dutch province of South Holland. The Maritime Museum's vintage ships and exhibits trace the city's seafaring history; After being almost completely reconstructed following WWII, the city is now known for bold, modern architecture; second largest city in the Netherlands

St. Petersburg

a Russian port city on the Baltic Sea. It was the imperial capital for 2 centuries, having been founded in 1703 by Peter the Great, subject of the city's iconic "Bronze Horseman" statue; Founded by Tsar Peter I (the Great) as Russia's "window on Europe,; It remains Russia's cultural center, with venues such as the Mariinsky Theatre hosting opera and ballet, and the State Russian Museum showcasing Russian art, from Orthodox icon paintings to Kandinsky works

Jeddah

a Saudi Arabian port city on the Red Sea, is a modern commercial hub and gateway for pilgrimages to the Islamic holy cities Mecca and Medina.

Lewis with Harris

a Scottish island in the Outer Hebrides. It is the largest island in Scotland and the third largest in the British Isles, after Great Britain and the island of Ireland, with an area of 841 square miles, which equates to slightly under 1% of the area of Great Britain.

Corpus Christi

a Texas city on the Gulf of Mexico. It's tucked into a bay and its beaches are sheltered by Padre and Mustang islands; latin for "Body of Christ"

Kamchatka Peninsula

a 1,250-kilometre-long peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of about 270,000 km². The Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk make up the peninsula's eastern and western coastlines, respectively

Cologne

a 2,000-year-old city spanning the Rhine River in western Germany, is the region's cultural hub. A landmark of High Gothic architecture set amid reconstructed old town

Allegheny River

a 325-mile long headwater stream of the Ohio River in western Pennsylvania and New York, United States.

Kiel Canal

a 98-kilometre-long freshwater canal in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. The canal was finished in 1895, but later widened, and links the North Sea at Brunsbüttel to the Baltic Sea at Kiel-Holtenau

Gold Coast

a British Crown Colony on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa from 1821 to its independence as part of the nation of Ghana in 1957.

Cayman Islands

a British Overseas Territory, encompasses 3 islands in the western Caribbean Sea. Grand Cayman, the largest island, is known for its beach resorts and varied scuba diving and snorkelling sites

Bermuda

a British island territory in the North Atlantic Ocean known for its pink-sand beaches such as Elbow Beach and Horseshoe Bay; an archipelago of 7 main islands and about 170 additional (named) islets and rocks, situated about 650 miles (1,050 km) east of Cape Hatteras (North Carolina, U.S.); capital is Hamilton

Cali

a Colombian city in the Valle del Cauca department, southwest of Bogotá. It's known for salsa dancing and there are many clubs in the suburb of Juanchito.

Delos

a Greek island and archaeological site in the Aegean Sea's Cyclades archipelago, near Mykonos. The mythological birthplace of Apollo, it was a major religious center and port during the 1st millennium B.C; headquarters of the Delian League

Okinawa

a Japanese prefecture comprising more than 150 islands in the East China Sea between Taiwan and Japan's mainland. It's known for its tropical climate, broad beaches and coral reefs, as well as World War II sites

Tijuana

a Mexican city just south of San Diego on the Lower California peninsula; a border city in Mexico, just south of California. Its bustling main street, Avenida Revolución, is lined with souvenir shops and lively bars. Landmarks include the neoclassical Jai Alai Frontón palace and Centro Cultural ____, a modern cultural complex in the Zona Río district.

Ciudad Juarez

a Mexican city on the Rio Grande, just south of El Paso, Texas. Its historic center is dominated by the neoclassical Cathedral of ___ ___, whose twin towers overlook leafy Plaza de Armas

Baja California

a Mexican state on the ___ ____ Peninsula, bordering the U.S. state of California. The landscape spans mountains and beaches on the Pacific Ocean and Gulf of California. Towns near the U.S. border include Tijuana, famous as a nightlife and shopping destination, as well as the town of Rosarito, with its wide, sandy Pacific beaches.

Bethlehem

a Palestinian town south of Jerusalem in the West Bank. The biblical birthplace of Jesus, it's a major Christian pilgrimage destination

Northern Mariana Islands

a U.S. commonwealth in the Pacific Ocean. Saipan, the largest island, is known for its sandy shores and mountainous landscapes. In clear waters off its west coast is the tiny, coral-fringed Mañagaha islet.

Mason-Dixon Line

a demarcation line between four U.S. states, forming part of the borders of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and West Virginia; In the pre-Civil War period it was regarded, together with the Ohio River, as the dividing line between slave states south of it and free-soil states north of it.

Lake Balaton

a freshwater lake in western Hungary. It's a major holiday destination with beaches, volcanic hills, resort towns and high-rise hotels along its 197km shoreline.

Serengeti

a geographical region in Africa, spanning northern Tanzania. The protected area within the region includes approximately 30,000 km² of land, including the ____ National Park and several game reserves.

Borneo

a giant, rugged island in Southeast Asia's Malay Archipelago, is shared by the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak, Indonesian Kalimantan and the tiny nation of Brunei.

Virgin Islands

a group of Caribbean islands and islets. A U.S. territory, it's known for white-sand beaches, reefs and verdant hills. St. Thomas island is home to the capital, Charlotte Amalie. To the east is the island of St. John

Chagos Archipelago

a group of seven atolls comprising more than 60 individual tropical islands in the Indian Ocean about 500 kilometres south of the Maldives archipelago

Gulf of Oman

a gulf that connects the Arabian Sea with the Strait of Hormuz, which then runs to the Persian Gulf.

Point Barrow

a headland on the Arctic coast in the U.S. state of Alaska, 9 miles northeast of Utqiagvik. It is the northernmost point of all the territory of the United States

Laconia

a historical and administrative region of Greece located on the southeastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. Its administrative capital is Sparta

Moravia

a historical region in the east of the Czech Republic and one of three historical Czech lands, with Bohemia and Czech Silesia.

Lake Chad

a historically large, shallow, endorheic lake in Africa, which has varied in size over the centuries

Prussia

a historically prominent German state that originated in 1525 with a duchy centered on the region of ___ on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea

Rio de Janeiro

a huge seaside city in Brazil, famed for its Copacabana and Ipanema beaches, 38m Christ the Redeemer statue atop Mount Corcovado and for Sugarloaf Mountain, a granite peak with cable cars to its summit.

Lake Albert

a lake located in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is Africa's seventh-largest lake, as well as the second biggest of Uganda's Great Lakes

Omaha Beach

a landing area in Normandy, northern France, used by Allied forces in the WWII D-Day invasion. Today, the beach is dotted with the remains of German bunkers.

Bavaria

a landlocked state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of 70,550.19 square kilometres, it is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total land area of Germany; capital is Munich

West Bank

a landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia, bordered by Jordan and the Dead Sea to the east and by Israel to the south, west and north

Sumatra

a large Indonesian island west of Java and south of the Malay Peninsula, is known for its rugged tropical terrain, wildlife and smoldering volcanoes; contains Lake Toba, the biggest crater lake in the world and the biggest lake in South East Asia. And in the center of the lake there is the island of Pulau Samosir, a place that has drawn tourists from all over the worlds for decades

Nizhniy Novgorod

a large city on the Volga River in western Russia. It's known for its 16th-century Kremlin, ringed by 13 fortified towers, including the Dmitrovskaya Tower. Within the Kremlin's walls is the green-spired Cathedral of the Archangel Michael, rebuilt in the 17th century.

Albemarle Sound

a large estuary on the coast of North Carolina in the United States located at the confluence of a group of rivers, including the Chowan and Roanoke

Normandy

a region of northern France. Its varied coastline includes white-chalk cliffs and WWII beachheads, including Omaha Beach, site of the famous D-Day landing. Just off the coast, the rocky island of Mont-Saint-Michel is topped by a soaring Gothic abbey. The city of Rouen, dominated by Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen, is where military leader and Catholic saint Joan of Arc was executed in 1431

Westphalia

a region of northwestern Germany; where the treaty ending the 30 years war was signed

Sargasso Sea

a region of the Atlantic Ocean bounded by four currents forming an ocean gyre. Unlike all other regions called seas, it has no land boundaries; famous for its floating seaweed that covers large swathes of ocean. But it also boasts an astounding wealth of diversity that has earned it the nickname "The Floating Rainforest of the Sea."

Flanders

a region that included parts of present-day northern France, Belgium, and the Netherlands; was an important industrial and financial center of northern Europe during the Middle Ages and Renaissance

Cannes

a resort town on the French Riviera, is famed for its international film festival.

Neva River

a river in northwestern Russia flowing from Lake Ladoga through the western part of Leningrad Oblast to the ___ Bay of the Gulf of Finland; runs through St Petersburg

Yazoo River

a river in the U.S. states of Louisiana and Mississippi. It is considered by some to mark the southern boundary of what is called the Mississippi Delta, a broad floodplain that was cultivated for cotton plantations before the American Civil War.

Moselle River

a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France, Luxembourg, and western Germany. It is a left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it joins at Koblenz. A small part of Belgium is in its basin as it includes the Sauer and the Our.

Suwannee River

a river that runs through south Georgia southward into Florida in the southern United States; well known by name because of Stephen Foster's famous song, "Old Folks at Home"

Cape Horn

a rocky headland on Hornos Island, in southern Chile's Tierra del Fuego archipelago. It's surrounded by wild seas off the southern tip of South America where the Pacific and Atlantic oceans meet.

North Sea

a sea of the Atlantic Ocean located between Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France.

Bass Strait

a sea strait separating Tasmania from the Australian mainland, specifically the state of Victoria

Carthage

a seaside suburb of Tunisia's capital, Tunis, is known for its ancient archaeological sites. Founded by the Phoenicians in the first millennium B.C

Isle of Man

a self-governing British Crown dependency in the Irish Sea between England and Ireland. It's known for its rugged coastline, medieval castles and rural landscape, rising to a mountainous center. In the capital, Douglas, the Manx Museum traces the island's Celtic and Viking heritage; known as the gem of the Irish Sea for a reason

Gaza Strip

a self-governing Palestinian territory on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, that borders Egypt on the southwest for 11 kilometers and Israel on the east and north along a 51 km border. Gaza and the West Bank are claimed by the de jure sovereign State of Palestine

New Amsterdam

a settlement established by the Dutch near the mouth of Hudson River and the southern end of Manhattan Island; renamed as new york city

Puget Sound

a sound of the Pacific Northwest, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, and part of the Salish Sea. It is located along the northwestern coast of the U.S. state of Washington.

New South Wales

a southeastern Australian state, distinguished by its coastal cities and national parks. Sydney, its capital, is home to iconic structures such as the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge.

Monaco

a sovereign city-state and microstate on the French Riviera in Western Europe. Bordered by France to the north, east and west, it is lapped by the Mediterranean Sea to the south; home to Monte Carlo; known as a "Billionaires' Playground

Skagerrak Strait

a strait running between the southeast coast of Norway, the west coast of Sweden, and the Jutland peninsula of Denmark, connecting the North Sea and the Kattegat sea area, which leads to the Baltic Sea

Polynesia

a subregion of Oceania, made up of more than 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean.

Narragansett

a town in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 15,868 at the 2010 census. However, during the summer months the town's population more than doubles to near 34,000. The town is colloquially known as "Gansett"

Delphi

a town on Mount Parnassus in the south of mainland Greece. It's the site of the 4th-century-B.C. Temple of Apollo, once home to a legendary oracle.

Newcastle upon Tyne

a university city on the River Tyne in northeast England. With its twin city, Gateshead, it was a major shipbuilding and manufacturing hub during the Industrial Revolution and is now a centre of business, arts and sciences

Comoros

a volcanic archipelago off Africa's east coast, in the warm Indian Ocean waters of the Mozambique Channel. The nation state's largest island, Grande Comore (Ngazidja) is ringed by beaches and old lava from active Mt. Karthala volcano. Around the port and medina in the capital, Moroni, are carved doors and a white colonnaded mosque, the Ancienne Mosquée du Vendredi, recalling the islands' Arab heritage.

Anatolia

also called Asia Minor, the peninsula of land that today constitutes the Asian portion of Turkey

Guayaquil

also known as "the Pearl of the Pacific", is Ecuador's most important coastal city. With more than 3 million inhabitants, it also happens to be Ecuador's most populated city.

Balkans

also known as the ____ Peninsula, are a geographic area in southeastern Europe with various definitions and meanings, including geopolitical and historical; countries include Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, and Slovenia

Queensland

an Australian state covering the continent's northeast, with a coastline stretching nearly 7,000km. Its offshore Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral reef system, hosts thousands of marine species. The city of Cairns is a gateway to the reef and tropical Daintree Rainforest. The capital, Brisbane, is flanked by the surfing beaches of the Gold and Sunshine Coasts

Kurds

an Iranic ethnic group native to a mountainous region of Western Asia known as Kurdistan, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northern Syria; Nearly all Iraqi Kurds consider themselves Sunni Muslims.

Lydia

an Iron Age kingdom of western Asia Minor located generally east of ancient Ionia in the modern western Turkish provinces of Uşak, Manisa and inland İzmir; capital was Sardis; said to be the originators of gold and silver coins.

Bactria

an ancient region in Central Asia.; was north of the Hindu Kush mountain range and south of the Amu Darya river, covering the flat region that straddles modern-day Afghanistan; a type of camel named after it

Lake Baikal

an ancient, massive lake in the mountainous Russian region of Siberia, north of the Mongolian border. Considered the deepest lake in the world; is the deepest and oldest lake in the world, and the largest freshwater lake by volume

Levant

an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean region of Western Asia; countries include Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Palestine, and Jordan

Antilles

an archipelago bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the south and west, the Gulf of Mexico to the northwest, and the Atlantic Ocean to the north and east. "Greater" contains bigger islands and "Lesser" contains smaller islands

Malta

an archipelago in the central Mediterranean between Sicily and the North African coast. It's a nation known for historic sites related to a succession of rulers including the Romans, Moors, Knights of Saint John, French and British; capital is Valletta

Turks and Caicos

an archipelago of 40 low-lying coral islands in the Atlantic Ocean, a British Overseas Territory southeast of the Bahamas. The gateway island of Providenciales, known as Provo, is home to expansive Grace Bay Beach, with luxury resorts, shops and restaurants. Scuba-diving sites include a 14-mile barrier reef on Provo's north shore and a dramatic 2,134m underwater wall off Grand ___island; capital is Cockburn Town

Orkney Islands

an archipelago off the northeastern coast of Scotland. The islands encompass Neolithic sites, tall sandstone cliffs and seal colonies.

Baltic Sea

an arm of the Atlantic Ocean, enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, northeast Germany, Poland, Russia and the North and Central European Plain.

Gulf of Alaska

an arm of the Pacific Ocean defined by the curve of the southern coast of Alaska, stretching from the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island in the west to the Alexander Archipelago in the east, where Glacier Bay and the Inside Passage are found

Suez Canal

an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of ___. It is often considered to define the border between Africa and Asia.

European Union

an association of European nations formed in 1993 for the purpose of achieving political and economic integration; Member Countries include Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.

Azores

an autonomous region of Portugal, are an archipelago in the mid-Atlantic. The islands are characterized by dramatic landscapes, fishing villages, green pastures and hedgerows of blue hydrangeas. São Miguel, the largest, has lake-filled calderas and the Gorreana Tea Plantation.

Macao

an autonomous region on the south coast of China, across the Pearl River Delta from Hong Kong. A Portuguese territory until 1999, it reflects a mix of cultural influences. Its giant casinos and malls on the Cotai Strip, which joins the islands of Taipa and Coloane, have earned it the nickname, "Las Vegas of Asia."

Barbados

an eastern Caribbean island and an independent British Commonwealth nation. Bridgetown, the capital, is a cruise-ship port with colonial buildings and Nidhe Israel, a synagogue founded in 1654; where Rihanna is from

Ionian Sea

an elongated bay of the Mediterranean Sea. It is connected to the Adriatic Sea to the north, and is bounded by Southern Italy, including Calabria, Sicily, and the Salento peninsula to the west, southern Albania to the north, and the west coast of Greece, including the Peloponnese; The deepest point of the Mediterranean Sea is located here. It is called Calypso Deep and reaches depths of 17,280 feet.

Aral Sea

an endorheic lake lying between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan which began shrinking in the 1960s and had largely dried up by the 2010s. The name roughly translates as "Sea of Islands", referring to over 1,100 islands that had dotted its waters.

Long Island

an expansive, densely populated island in southeastern New York State, stretching east from New York City. Along its Atlantic coast are Jones Beach State Park, Fire Island and Montauk Point State Park, the latter home to the late-1700s Montauk Lighthouse. On the east end, the North Fork is home to wineries and the Hamptons are towns characterized by upscale homes, trendy restaurants and antiques shops.

Newport News

an independent city in the U.S. state of Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 180,719. In 2019, the population was estimated to be 179,225, making it the fifth-most populous city in Virginia; named for Christopher Newport, captain of the Susan Constant, the lead ship of the 3-ship fleet that carried the Jamestown settlers to the New World in 1607. ... The place where that occurred became known for Newport's good news, "Newport's News," and eventually just Newport News.

Bay of Pigs

an inlet of the Gulf of Cazones located on the southern coast of Cuba; failed Invasion of 1961 funded by CIA

Australian Alps

an interim Australian bioregion, is the highest mountain range in Australia. It is located in southeastern Australia, straddling eastern Victoria, southeastern New South Wales, and the Australian Capital Territory.

Cape Verde

an island country in the central Atlantic Ocean. The ten volcanic islands in its archipelago have a combined land area of about 4,033 square kilometres; lie just off the coast of Senegal in West Africa

Manitoulin Island

an island in Lake Huron in Laurentia. It is located within the borders of the Canadian province of Ontario. With an area of 2,766 km², it is the largest fresh water island in the world, large enough that it has over 100 inland lakes itself.

Isle Royale

an island of the Great Lakes located in the northwest of Lake Superior and part of the U.S. state of Michigan.

Zurich

an upmarket banking city and the financial capital of Switzerland; a global center for banking and finance, lies at the north end of Lake ___ in northern Switzerland; most populated city in Switzerland

Cathay

ancient name for China used by Europeans

Monterrey

apital of the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León, is a sprawling business and industrial center fringed by mountains. It's overlooked by the Palacio del Obispado, a storied Baroque palace with a regional museum. Downtown lies the Macroplaza; center for Mexico's steel injury

Altai Mountains

are a mountain range in Central and East Asia, where Russia, China, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan come together, and where the rivers Irtysh and Ob have their headwaters.

Dinaric Alps

are a mountain range in Southern and Southeastern Europe, separating the continental Balkan Peninsula from the Adriatic Sea. They stretch from Italy in the northwest through Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo to Albania in the southeast.

Sun Belt States

are generally more conservative than other states

Auckland

based around 2 large harbours, is a major city in the north of New Zealand's North Island. In the centre, the iconic Sky Tower has views of Viaduct Harbour, which is full of superyachts and lined with bars and cafes.

Sarajevo

be most famous for the fateful day in 1914 when the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie in an open car next to the Latin Bridge set off a chain of events that led to World War I; capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina

East China Sea

body of water south of Japan and east of China

Lake Pontchartrain

brackish estuary located in southeastern Louisiana in the United States. It covers an area of 630 square miles with an average depth of 12 to 14 feet

Prague

capital city of the Czech Republic, is bisected by the Vltava River. Nicknamed "the City of a Hundred Spires," it's known for its Old Town Square, the heart of its historic core, with colorful baroque buildings

Bandung

capital of Indonesia's West Java province, is a large city set amid volcanoes and tea plantations. It's known for colonial and art deco architecture, a lively, university-town feel and - thanks to its 768m elevation; In April, 1955, representatives from twenty-nine governments of Asian and African nations gathered in ____, Indonesia to discuss peace and the role of the Third World in the Cold War, economic development, and decolonization.

Sydney

capital of New South Wales and one of Australia's largest cities, is best known for its harbourfront ___ Opera House, with a distinctive sail-like design. Massive Darling Harbour and the smaller Circular Quay port are hubs of waterside life, with the arched Harbour Bridge and esteemed Royal Botanic Garden nearby.

Brisbane

capital of Queensland, is a large city on the ___ River. Clustered in its South Bank cultural precinct are the Queensland Museum and Sciencentre, with noted interactive exhibitions.

Nice

capital of the Alpes-Maritimes department on the French Riviera, sits on the pebbly shores of the Baie des Anges. Founded by the Greeks and later a retreat for 19th-century European elite, the city has also long attracted artists. Former resident Henri Matisse is honored with a career-spanning collection of paintings at Musée Matisse

Dresden

capital of the eastern German state of Saxony, is distinguished by the celebrated art museums and classic architecture of its reconstructed old town; German city ferociously firebombed by the Allies in 1945

New Netherland

first colony founded by the Dutch in the New World. It became New York.

Carpathian Mountains

form a 1,500km-long range in Central and Eastern Europe. They stretch west to east in an arc from the Czech Republic to Romania. The Tatra range between Slovakia and Poland is a national park and has several peaks above 2,400 meters.

Potomac River

found within the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and flows from the ____ Highlands into the Chesapeake Bay. The river is approximately 405 miles long, with a drainage area of about 14,700 square miles; known as "America River"

Sacremento

known as America's "Farm-to-Fork" Capital because the area ships produce all over the nation and has 40 local farmers markets stocked full of local finds; capital of California

Abilene

known at the Greyhound Capital of the World. The National Greyhound Association headquarters are located west of the city; a city in Taylor and Jones Counties in Texas, United States

Aleutian Islands

known before 1867 as the Catherine Archipelago, are a chain of 14 large volcanic islands and 55 smaller islands. Most of them belong to the U.S. state of Alaska but some to Alaska

Lake Victoria

largest lake in Africa and chief reservoir of the Nile, lying mainly in Tanzania and Uganda but bordering on Kenya. Its area is 26,828 square miles (69,484 square km)

Bay of Fundy

lies between Canada's Nova Scotia and New Brunswick provinces, and touches the U.S. state of Maine. It's known for extremely high tides, as at spots like New Brunswick's Hopewell Rocks

Pasadena

located at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains, just 11 miles northeast of Downtown Los Angeles. Known as the City of Roses, Pasadena is most famous for its New Year's Day Rose Parade and Rose Bowl Game.

Lake Mead

man-made lake that lies on the Colorado River, about 24 mi from the Las Vegas Strip, southeast of the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, in the states of Nevada and Arizona. It is the largest reservoir in the United States in terms of water capacity; artificial lake created by Hoover Dam

Vinland

means "Land of Wine", given by Leif Ericsson to the present-day Canadian province of Newfoundland

Maracaibo

nicknamed "The Beloved Land of the Sun" (Spanish: "La Tierra del Sol Amada"). It is considered the economic center of the western part of Venezuela, owing to the petroleum industry that developed in the shores of Lake ____

Transylvania

often associated with the land of Dracula and blood-thirsty vampires that sleep during the day and get out by night to suck the blood of their victims. But in the local folklore, vampires didn't exist before the novel of Bram Stoker; a region in central Romania. It's known for medieval towns, mountainous borders and castles like Bran Castle, a Gothic fortress associated with the legend of Dracula

Shanghai

on China's central coast, is the country's biggest city and a global financial hub. Its heart is the Bund, a famed waterfront promenade lined with colonial-era buildings. Across the Huangpu River rises the Pudong district's futuristic skyline, including 632m ____ Tower and the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, with distinctive pink spheres.

Kyoto

once the capital of Japan, is a city on the island of Honshu. It's famous for its numerous classical Buddhist temples, as well as gardens, imperial palaces, Shinto shrines and traditional wooden houses.

Minorca

one of Spain's Balearic islands in the Mediterranean Sea. Traditionally more low-key than its neighbors, Mallorca (Majorca) and Ibiza, it's known for its endless beaches

Prince Edward Island

one of eastern Canada's maritime provinces, off New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in the Gulf of St. Lawrence; smallest Canadian province; The province is best loved for Green Gables, golf, and gorgeous sandy beaches

Dalmatia

one of the four historical regions of Croatia, alongside Croatia proper, Slavonia, and Istria. It is a narrow belt of the east shore of the Adriatic Sea, stretching from the island of Rab in the north to the Bay of Kotor in the south.

Rhine River

one of the major European rivers, which has its sources in Switzerland and flows in a mostly northerly direction through Germany and the Netherlands, emptying into the North Sea; travels north into Switzerland's Lake Constance (Europe's third largest)

Rhone River

one of the major rivers of Europe and has twice the average discharge of the Loire, rising in the Rhône Glacier in the Swiss Alps at the far eastern end of the Swiss canton of Valais, passing through Lake Geneva and running through southeastern France.

Lake Geneva

or Lac Léman) is a crescent-shaped lake shared between France and Switzerland, and overlooked by the Alps.

Saint Helena

part of the British Overseas Territory also encompassing Ascension and Tristan da Cunha islands, is a remote volcanic outpost in the South Atlantic Ocean. It's famous as the place of Napoleon Bonaparte's exile and death, as commemorated by a now-empty tomb.

Bitterroot Mountains

part of the Rocky Mountains, located in the panhandle of Idaho and westernmost Montana in the Western United States.

Genoa

probably best known as the birthplace of Christopher Columbus; a port city and the capital of northwest Italy's Liguria region. It's known for its central role in maritime trade over many centuries.

Pacific Rim

refers to the geographic area surrounding the Pacific Ocean. covers the western shores of North America and South America, and the shores of Australia, eastern Asia, and the islands of the Pacific; roughly overlaps with the geologic Pacific Ring of Fire.

Catalonia

region, in northeastern Spain, is known for the lively beach resorts of Costa Brava as well as the Pyrenees Mountains. Barcelona, the regional capital, has a historic Gothic Quarter, La Rambla pedestrian mall, museums and several beaches

Continental Divide

runs though all of North America. This line separates all the water that runs toward the Pacific Ocean from the water that runs toward the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans and the Gulf of Mexico. The Great ___ starts at Cape Prince of Wales in western Alaska.

Pyrenees

separates the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of Europe, stretching more than 430km between Spain and France and rising higher than 3,400m in elevation; one of the seven mountain ranges of France alongside the Alps, the Vosges, the Jura, the Massif Central, the Armorican Massif and the Corsican Massif; tiny Andorra lies in the middle of the mountains.

French Riviera

the Mediterranean coast of southeastern France. It includes famously glamorous beach resorts such as Saint-Tropez and Cannes, and the independent microstate of Monaco.

Yosemite Falls

the highest waterfall in _____ National Park, dropping a total of 2,425 feet from the top of the upper fall to the base of the lower fall. Located in the Sierra Nevada of California, it is a major attraction in the park, especially in late spring when the water flow is at its peak.

Lake Titicaca

the lake between Bolivia and Peru; highest lake in the world on which ships can travel

Chesapeake Bay

the largest estuary in the United States. The Bay is located in the Mid-Atlantic region and is primarily separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the Delmarva Peninsula with its mouth of the Bay at the south end located between Cape Henry and Cape Charles

Vistula River

the longest and largest river in Poland, is the 9th-longest river in Europe, at 1,047 kilometres in length. The drainage-basin, reaching into three other nations covers 193,960 km²,

Volga River

the longest river in Europe. Flowing through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea,

Loire River

the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world. With a length of 1,006 kilometres, it drains 117,054 km², more than a fifth of France's land while its average discharge is only half that of the Rhône.

Po River

the longest river in Italy. It is a river that flows eastward across northern Italy starting from the Cottian Alps. It flows either 652 km or 682 km - considering the length of the Maira, a right bank tributary.

Tagus River

the longest river in the Iberian Peninsula. The river rises in the Montes Universales in mid-eastern Spain, flows 1,007 km, generally west with two main south-westward sections, to empty into the Atlantic Ocean near Lisbon

River Shannon

the longest river in the Republic of Ireland and on the island of Ireland at 360.5 km

Sea of Japan (East Sea)

the marginal sea between the Japanese archipelago, Sakhalin, the Korean Peninsula, and the Russian mainland

Leipzig

the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. With a population of nearly 600,000 inhabitants as of 2019; The Oper ___ is one of the most prominent opera houses in Germany.

Bohemia

the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech lands in the present-day Czech Republic.

Cape Flattery

the northwesternmost point of the contiguous United States. It is in Clallam County, Washington on the Olympic Peninsula, where the Strait of Juan de Fuca joins the Pacific Ocean. It is also part of the Makah Reservation, and is the northern boundary of the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary.

Swansea

the second largest city in Wales, with its legendary nightlife centred on Wind Street and the recently developed SA1 area, is a must for any visitor. it is known for being the birthplace of poet Dylan Thomas, and home of the Swans, who were until very recently in the Premier League.

Kodiak Island

the second largest island in the U.S. & the 80th largest island in the world located on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska

Strait of Dover

the strait at the narrowest part of the English Channel, marking the boundary between the Channel and North Sea, separating Great Britain from continental Europe

Castile

was a large and powerful state on the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages. Its name comes from the host of castles constructed in the region

Babylon

was the capital city of the ancient Babylonian empire, which itself is a term referring to either of two separate empires in the Mesopotamian area in antiquity. located in present-day Iraq

Krakow

was the official capital of Poland until 1596 and has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, economic, cultural and artistic life.