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The OCCIDENT

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The Balkans

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Greek Islands

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Mountain Ranges

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  • The Balkan Mountains, runs from the border between Bulgaria & eastern Serbia through central Bulgaria to Cape Emine on the Black Sea.

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The Caucasus

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Bodies of Water

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  • The Caspian Sea, enclosed sea, bounded by Northern Iran, southern Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan & Azerbaijan.

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Eastern Europe

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Russia

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  • The Kara Sea, part of the Arctic Ocean, north of Siberia.

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Western Contintenal Europe

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Islands

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The Low Countries (Benelux)

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  • Flanders, Dutch-speaking northern region of Belgium
  • Friesland, northern province in the Netherlands
  • Holland, western part of the Netherlands
  • Wallonia, French-speaking southern region of Belgium
  • Zeeland, south-western province in the Netherlands

The British Isles

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Bodies of Water

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  • The English Channel, arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Great Britain from France.
  • The North Sea, connects to English Channel in south; Norwegian Sea in the north.

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  • The Dover Strait, connects English Channel to the North Sea.

English counties

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Iberian Peninsula

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Islands

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Italian Peninsula & Sicily

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Bodies of Water

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  • Italian Riviera (or, Ligurian Riviera), narrow coastal strip between Ligurian Sea and the mountain chain of the Apennines.

Governmental Regions

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Scandinavia

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Bodies of Water

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  • The Barents Sea, part of the Arctic Ocean; between Norway & Russia.
    • The White Sea, inlet of the Barents Sea on the northwest coast of Russia.
  • The Greenland Sea, northernmost part of the Atlantic Ocean; south of Arctic Ocean.
  • The Norwegian Sea, part of the North Atlantic Ocean, northwest of Norway; between North Sea & Greeland Sea.

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The ORIENT

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The Levant

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  • Traditionally, the Levant describes the Eastern Mediterranean at large, but can be used as a geographical term that denotes a large area in Western Asia formed by the lands bordering the eastern shores of the Mediterranean

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The Middle East

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Bodies of Water

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  • The Arabian Sea, region of the Indian Ocean, bounded by Arabian Peninsula on the west, India on the east.
  • The Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea; Yemen to north, Horn of Africa in south.
  • The Red Sea, pours into Gulf of Aden through Bab-el-Mandeb; thence into Indian Ocean.
    • The Gulf of Suez, along the Sinai peninsula; connects Suez Canal with Red Sea.
    • The Gulf of Aqaba, eastern gulf in the Red Sea.
  • The Persian Gulf, extension of the Indian Ocean, between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.

Peninsulas

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  • The Arabian Peninsula, at the junction of Africa and Asia; chiefly comprised of Saudi Arabia.
  • Sinai Peninsula, triangular peninsula in Egypt; lies between Mediterranean and Red Sea.

Straits & Canals

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  • The Bab-el-Mandeb, between Yemen and Djibouti; connecting the Red Sea to Gulf of Aden.
  • The Suez Canal, connects Mediterranean Sea and the Gulf of Suez; thence, into Red Sea. Runs through Sinai.

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Cities

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Anatolian Cities

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Maghreb

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  • The Sahara Desert, covers most of Northern Africa; stretches from the Red Sea, to the outskirts of the Atlantic Ocean.

Territories

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  • The Western Sahara, mostly Moroccan-controlled; bordered by Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania & the Atlantic Ocean.

Islands

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  • Madeira, archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean. (Portugal)

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ASIA

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East Asia

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South Asia

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States of India

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Islands

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Central Asia

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Southeast Asia

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  • The East Indies, term used during the colonial era for portions of South and Southeast Asia.

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Islands

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  • Bali, Indonesia
  • Borneo, divided between Indonesia, Malaysia & Brunei
  • Timor, Indonesia

The AMERICAS

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North America

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Bodies of Water

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  • The Gulf of Mexico, bounded on Gulf Coast of the US in the north; Mexico and Cuba in the south.

Mountains Ranges

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The United States of America

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Bodies of Water

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  • Lake Tahoe, freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada mountains, along the border of California & Nevada.
  • Penobscot Bay, originates from the Penobscot River, Maine.
  • Penobscot River, empties into the Penobscot River in the Atlantic Ocean.

Peninsulas & Capes

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  • Cape Cod, easternmost portion of Massachusetts.
  • Cape May, southernmost tip of New Jersey.

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Communities & CDPs

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Canada

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Bodies of Water

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  • The Bay of Fundy, bay on the northeast end of the Gulf of Maine, between New Brunswick & Nova Scotia.
  • The Gulf of Saint Lawrence, bounded by Labrador Peninsula, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia peninsula & Gaspé.
  • Saint Lawrence River, connects Lake Ontario to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and then to the Atlantic Ocean.

Peninsulas

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  • The Gaspé Peninsula, north of New Brunswick, situated in Quebec; near Gulf of St Lawrence.

Provinces

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Mexico

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Peninsulas

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Central America

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South America

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  • Tierra del Fuego, archipelago off the southernmost tip of the South American mainland.
  • Patagonia, southernmost part of South America (Argentina & Chile)

Countries & Colonies

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Straits

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  • The Strait of Magellan, south of mainland South America and north of Tierra del Fuego. (Chile)

Island-Colonies

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Caribbean

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Countries & Colonies in the Greater Antilles

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Countries & Colonies in the Lesser Antilles

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Colonies in the Lucayan Archipelago

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AFRICA

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East Africa

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Island-Countries

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Southern Africa

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  • Kalahari Desert, sandy area covering much of Botswana, and parts of Namibia and South Africa.

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West Africa

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Islands

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  • The Canary Islands, 100 km. west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. (Spain)
  • Cape Verde, island country of 10 islands; 570 km. off the coast of West Africa.

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Central Africa

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OCEANIA

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Oceania

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Island Territories

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