WORLD GEOGRAPHY

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 COMPONENTS OF WORLD
GEOGRAPHY
1) LOCATION AND EXTENT
2) QUICK FACTS
3) PHYSICAL FEATURES
4) MAJOR WATER BODIES
5) AGRICULTURAL & MINERAL
RESOURCES
 LOCATION AND EXTENT

LOCATED ON EURASIAN PLATE

NORTHERN MOST NORTH CAPE (NORWAY)

SOUTHERN MOST TARIFA POINT (SPAIN)

2ND SMALLEST CONTINENT

PENINSULAR CONTINENT

PRIME MERIDIAN AND ARCTIC CIRCLE PASS

THROUGH

SEPARATED FROM ASIA BY BLACK SEA

(BOSPORUS STRAIT) AND URAL MOUNTAINS

SEPARATED FROM AFRICA BY MEDITERRANEAN

SEA (STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR)
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3RD MOST POPULATED CONTINENT

MOST DENSELY POPULATED CONTINENT

HIGHEST PEAK MOUNT ELBRUS(5642m)

WORLDS LARGEST ISLAND

(PHYSIOGRAPHICALLY UNDER NORTH
AMERICA)

SMALLEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD

EUROPEAN UNION LATEST MEMBER?

EUROZONE LATEST ENTRANT?

SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES?

BALTIC COUNTRIES?
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PENINSULAS:

SCANDINAVIAN

IBERIAN (SPAIN & PORTUGAL)

BRITTANY (FRANCES FISHING HUB)

BALKAN (GREECE)

ITALY

PLAINS:

NORTH PLAINS
PLAINS OF FRANCE
EAST PLAINS
PLAINS OF LOMBARDY (PO VALLEY)
PLAINS OF HUNGARY
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MOUNTAIN RANGES:

ALPINE SYSTEM (WEST CASPIAN SEA)
CORDILLERAS
PYRENEES FRANCE & SPAIN BOUNDARY
ALPS MONT BLANC (HIGHEST PEAK)
APENNINES MT VESUVIUS (VOLCANO)
+ITALYS RIVERS
CARPATHIAN, TRANSYLVANIAN & BALKAN
MOUNTAINS
CAUCASUS SEPARATES ASIA(MOUNT
ELBRUS)
SCANDINAVIAN MOUNTAINS
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ISLANDS:

GREENLAND (KINGDOM OF DENMARK)

ICELAND

GREAT BRITAIN

IRELAND

SICILY

SARDINIA (ITALY)
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SEAS:

NORTH SEA (BRENT CRUDE & DOGGER
FISHING BANK)

NORWEGIAN SEA (ICE-FREE NAVIGATION)

BARENTS SEA,AZOV SEA OIL RESERVES

BALTIC SEA

WHITE SEA,BLACK SEA
STRAITS:

GIBRALTAR KEY TO MEDITERRANEN
STRATEGIC (UK)

DOVER LONGEST UNDERSEA RAIL TUNNEL

BOSPORUS FIRST INTERCONTINENTAL
RAILWAY
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RIVERS:

VOLGA LONGEST

DANUBE CAPITALS LOCATED ON IT

RHINE BLACK FOREST

PO DELTA:AGRICULTURE

THAMES LONGEST IN ENGLAND

TIBER ROME WATERS
LAKES & RESERVOIRS:
ONEGA & LADOGA WHITE SEA-BALTIC SEA
CANAL
KUYBYSHEVSK RESERVOIR LARGEST IN
EUROPE

 AGRICULTURE AND ANIMAL
HUSBANDRY
NETHERLANDS TOMATO,CUCUMBER,APPLE,CHILIS,FLOW
ERS
FORMATION OF DYKES TO RECLAIM
LAND

WHEAT UKRAINE,PARIS BASIN,N.EURO & HUNGARY

PLAINS

DAIRY INDUSTRY AROUND NORTH SEA(DENMARK)

FISHERIES DOGGER BANK AND GREAT FISHER BANK IN

NORTH SEA

FRANCE VINEYARDS (CHAMPAGNE), SILK(RHONE),

COTTON (NORTH)

MIXED FARMING PRACTISED TO MAXIMIZE UTILIZATION

 MINERAL RESOURCES

COAL FRANCE
(LORRAINE),GERMANY(RHINE,RUHR)

IRON AND COPPER FENNO-SCANDIAN SHIELD,

RUSSIA

OIL AND NATURAL GAS:

NORTH SEA, ROMANIA

VOLGA-URAL RESERVES

BARENTS SEA

AZOV SEA

URANIUM
GREENLAND (RECENT GOVT VOTING)
MASSIF CENTRAL (FRANCE)
SPAIN
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 LOCATION AND EXTENT

LIES ON NORTH AMERICAN PLATE AND

CARIBBEAN PLATE

NORTHERN MOST CAPE COLUMBIA

(ELLESMERE ISLANDS)

SOUTHERN MOST COCOS ISLANDS (COSTA

RICA)

3RD LARGEST CONTINENT

TROPIC OF CANCER AND ARCTIC CIRCLE PASS

THROUGH

SEPARATED FROM ASIA BY BERING STRAIT

CONNECTED TO SOUTH AMERICA THROUGH

 QUICK FACTS

4TH MOST POPULATED CONTINENT

HIGHEST PEAK McKINLEY(6194m)

LOWEST POINT DEATH VALLEY(-86m)

NASA & CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION

UN,WB,IMF AND THEIR HEADQUARTERS

2ND LARGEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD?

SILICON VALLEY?

AUTOMOBILE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD?

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MOUNTAIN RANGES: CORDILLERAS CANADA TO

PANAMA

BROOKS RANGE

ALASKA RANGE

COAST RANGE

CASCADE RANGE

THE ROCKIES

SIERRA NEVADA YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK

SIERRA MADRE

SIERRA DEL SUR

VOLCANIC MTS FROM GUATEMELA TO PANAMA

APPALACHIAN, ALLEGHENY, NORTE DAME,
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PLATEAUS:

COLUMBIA SNAKE PLATEAU?

COLORADO TYPE?

MEXICAN

PIEDMONT

CANADIAN SHIELD RICH MINERAL
RESOURCES
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PLAINS:

GREAT PLAINS OF NORTH AMERICA RIVERS?
THE WHEAT BASKET OF THE WORLD+RANCHING
RICH SOURCE FOR OIL AND NATURAL GAS
NORTH AMERICAS WIND CORRIDOR
CENTRAL PLAINS
ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAINS
PENINSULAS:
ALASKA
CALIFORNIA
FLORIDA
LABRADOR
UNGAVA
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ISLANDS:

GREATER
ANTILLES CUBA,CAYMAN,HAITI,JAMAICA,
DOMINICAN REP,PUERTO RICO

LESSER ANTILLES 8 SOVEREIGN STATES

HAWAIIN

QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS

DESERTS:RAIN SHADOW REGIONS

SONARAN DESERT

MOJAVE DESERT

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT

ISTHMUS: ISTHMUS OF PANAMA

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SEAS BEAUFORT, LABRADOR, BERING,

CARIBBEAN

RIVERS:

MISSISSIPPI (4TH LONGEST IN WORLD)

COLUMBIA, COLORADO (HYDROELECTRIC
PROJECTS)

ST.LAWRENCE CONNECTS GREAT LAKES TO
ATLANTIC OCEAN

ARKANSAS IMPORTANT INLAND NAVIGATION

SASKATCHEWAN WHEAT CULTIVATION
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GULFS:

GULF OF MEXICO

GULF OF ALASKA

AMUNDSEN GULF

GULF OF ST.LAWRENCE

BAYS:
HUDSON BAY
MACKENZIE BAY
BRISTOL BAY
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LAKES:

THE GREAT LAKES (1/5TH OF WORLDS
FRESHWATER)
SUPERIOR(LARGEST BY SURFACE AREA)
MICHIGAN
HURON
ERIE
ONTARIO NIAGARA FALLS
WINNIPEG (THREATENED LAKE OF THE YEAR
2013 BY GLOBAL NATURE FUND)
GREAT SLAVE DEEPEST LAKE IN NORTH
AMERICA
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STRAITS, CHANNELS, CANALS:

PANAMA CANAL

STRAIT OF FLORIDA

BERING STRAIT
 AGRICULTURE AND ANIMAL
RESOURCES

DAIRY BELT: GREAT LAKES- ST.LAWRENCE

BAY REGION

CORN BELT: OHIO AND MISSOURI RIVER

REGIONS

FISHING BELT: GRAND BANKS? WHICH

CURRENTS?
 MINERAL RESOURCES

IRON ORE: USA(HEMATITE) SUPERIOR,APPALACHIAN

CANADA LABRADOR,UNGAVA,NEWFOUNDLAND

COPPER: WESTERN USA(WORLDS 2ND LARGEST):

CANADA CANADIAN SHIELD

COAL: USA APPALACHIAN COAL FIELDS(99% US

RESERVES)
ROCKY COAL FIELDS

GOLD: CALIFORNIA, WESTERN DAKOTA STATES

OIL AND NATURAL GAS:

CANADA ALBERTA OIL FIELD(WORLDS 3RD
LARGEST)
USA KANSAS, OKLAHOMA,TEXAS,LOUISIANA
(MIDDLE)
CALIFORNIA OIL FIELDS, ROCKY OIL FIELDS
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 LOCATION AND EXTENT

LIES ON SOUTH AMERICAN PLATE

MAXIMUM UNDER SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE AND

COMPLETELY UNDER WESTERN HEMISPHERE

FOURTH LARGEST CONTINENT

EQUATOR AND TROPIC OF CAPRICORN PASS THROUGH

SURROUNDED BY

PACIFIC OCEAN IN WEST

ATLANTIC OCEAN IN EAST

ANTARCTIC OCEAN IN SOUTH

NORTH AMERICA IN NORTH EAST CONNECTED VIA?

NORTHERN MOST POINT POINT GALLINAS

SOUTHERN MOST POINT CAPE FROWARD (NEAR POINT
ARENAS)

ISLANDS GALAPAGOS, FALKLAND, JUAN FERNANDEZ,
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FIFTH IN POPULATION

COASTAL AREAS(EXCEPT FAR SOUTH)ALONE

DENSELY POPULATED

WORLDS HIGHEST WATERFALL ANGEL FALLS

WORLDS HIGHEST NAVIGABLE LAKE TITICACA

WORLDS DRIEST PLACE ATACAMA DESERT

HIGHEST PEAK MT. ACONCAGUA (6960m)

WORLDS HIGHEST VOLCANO OJOS DEL

SALADO
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MOUNTAIN RANGES:NAZCA VS SOUTH AMERICAN

PLATE

CORDILLERAS OF THE ANDES VOLCANIC
CHAIN

CHILEAN COAST RANGE (ARICA TO TAITAO
PENINSULA)

CENTRAL: SIERRA DE CORDOBA, PARECIS

NORTHERN: PACARAIMA MTS,SIERRA
TUMUCUMAQUE

EASTERN: SIERRA DE MAR, MANTIQUEIRA

PLATEAUS/HIGHLANDS:
BOLIVIAN ALTIPLANO TITICACA, POOPO(LOW
O2)
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PLATEAUS/HIGHLANDS:

BRAZILIAN HIGHLANDS:
BASALTICLAVA ERODED BY RIVERS FERTILE LANDS
HIGHLAND FORESTS AND GRASSLANDS
SEDIMENTARY AND CRYSTALLINE DEPOSITS

GUIANA HIGHLANDS:

BETWEEN ORINOCO AND AMAZON BASINS

TEPUIS AUYANTEPUI(ANGEL FALLS)
RORAIMA
PATAGONIAN TABLELANDS
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PLAINS AND LOWLANDS:

PAMPAS PARANA RIVER
BASIN AGRICULTURE

LLANOS ORINOCO LOWLANDS (SWAMP
GRASSES)

RIO MAGDALENA BETWEEN THE
CORDILLERAS

AMAZON DEPRESSION BASIN ALLUVIAL SAND,
CLAY

PANTANAL PARAGUAY BASIN:GRAN CHACO
MARSHES

COASTAL PLAINS:
NORTHEASTERN:DRY DUE TO BRAZILIAN
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ISLANDS:

GALAPAGOS ISLANDS DARWIN THEORY

JUAN FERNANDEZ VOLCANIC ORIGIN

DESERTS:

ATACAMA DRIEST PLACE ON EARTH AUG13
SNOW

PATAGONIAN DESERT RAINSHADOW OF
ANDES+
COLD FALKLAND
CURRENT; PERITO MORENO GLACIER
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SEA CARIBBEAN SEA IN THE NORTH

RIVERS:4 MAJOR DRAINAGE BASINS:

AMAZON LARGEST BASIN IN WORLD

ORINOCO ANGEL FALLS,INFLOW INTO AMAZON ALSO

SAO FRANCISCO HYDROELECTRIC PROJECTS,
IRRIGATION

RIO DE LA PLATA PARANA, URUGUAY
ITAIPU DAM PARANA (2ND LARGEST
DAM)
GUAIRA, IGUASSU FALLS
OTHER RIVERS:
MAGDALENA NAVIGABLE IN LOWER STRETCHES

COLORADO HYDROELECTRICITY IN ARID REGIONS
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GULFS:

VENEZUELA CRUDE OIL DEPOSITS (WORLDS
LARGEST)

PENAS NATURAL HARBOURS

SAN JORGE OIL DEPOSITS,FISHING,WINDPOWER
RESEARCH

LAKES & RESERVOIRS:
MARACAIBO
TITICACA
GURI
SOBRADINHO ELECTRICITY FOR NORTHEAST
STRAITS & CHANNELS:

MAGELLAN STRAIT

BEAGLE CHANNEL IMPORTANT SEA ROUTE
 AGRICULTURE AND ANIMAL
RESOURCES

LANDS PRONE TO FLOODING AND

SUBMERGENCE

ONLY 10% OF SOIL SUITABLE FOR AGRICULTURE

MOST PRODUCTIVE SOILS AROUND ARGENTINA

AND URUGUAY THE PAMPAS AND PARANA
BASIN

ARGENTINA WHEAT AND MAIZE, CATTLE MEAT

PACKING,
QUEBRACHO TREE TANNIC ACID

BRAZIL COFFEE,
COCOA,CASHEW,COTTON,RUBBER, CANE BEEF
PACKING AND PROCESSING (RANCHING)

 MINERAL RESOURCES

OIL &NATURAL GAS VENEZUELA(LAKE

MARACAIBO), ECUADOR, TIERRA DEL
FUEGO, COLOMBIA(MAGDALENA
VALLEY)

IRON ORE(20%) BRAZIL (MINAS GERAIS, MATO

GROSSO), VENEZUELA (MT.BOLIVAR),
GUYANA

COPPER CHILE(WORLDS LARGEST),PERU

BORDER

GOLD BRAZIL(AMAZON BASIN)

OCEANIA
 LOCATION AND EXTENT

LIES ON INDO-AUSTRALIAN PLATE AND PACIFIC

PLATE

COMPRISES OF:

AUSTRALIA

ZEALANDIA

PACIFIC ISLANDS
MELANESIA
MICRONESIA
POLYNESIA

ZEALANDIA NEW ZEALAND:NORTH

ISLAND,SOUTH ISLAND
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TERMED ISLAND CONTINENT

SMALLEST CONTINENT & 6TH LARGEST

COUNTRY

LEAST POPULATED HABITABLE CONTINENT

LOWEST,FLATTEST PEAK:MT.KOSCIUSZKO(2220
m)

HIGHEST PEAK MT.COOK(3800m)

LOWEST POINT LAKE EYRE(ENDORHEIC,

LARGEST)

HIGHEST ISLAND PEAK PUNCAK

JAYA GRASBERG MINE

WORLDS LONGEST CORAL REEF 2600km

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MOUNTAIN RANGES:

SOUTHERN ALPS TWO PLATES?

EAST GREAT DIVIDING RANGE 3RD LONGEST LAND
RANGE

WEST HAMERSLEY,KENNNAB, VICTORIA, DARLING,
STIRLING
HAMERSLEY MT.AUGUSTUS (INSELBERG;LARGEST
MONOLITH)
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PLATEAUS/HIGHLANDS:

KIMBERLEY EXPLOITED FOR GRAZING, FIRES

AUSTRALIAN SHIELD
ARNHEM LAND
BARKLY ELEVATED GRASSLANDS, GEORGINA RIVER
EYRE PENINSULA

BUCKLAND TABLELAND
PLAINS AND LOWLANDS:

NULLARBOR SEMI-ARID;LARGEST SINGLE
LIMESTONE PIECE

CENTRAL AUSTRALIA OUTBACKS(TROPICS+DRY
SOUTH WINDS)

PENINSULAS:

EYRE IRON ORE
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ISLANDS:

NORTH ISLANDS POHOKURA, MAUI NATURAL GAS
FIELDS

SOUTH ISLANDS LARGEST OF ZEALANDIA

VOLCANIC ISLANDS MELANESIA

NEW CALEDONIA 25% GLOBAL NICKEL RESERVES

DESERTS:

GREAT VICTORIA DESERT SANDHILLS,GRASS
PLAINS,SALT LAKES

GREAT SANDY DESERT DUNES,WOLF CREEK
CRATER(875m DIA)

SIMPSON DESERT WORLDS LARGEST SAND DUNE
DESERT
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SEAS:

ARAFURA SEA IMPORTANCE?

TIMOR SEA OIL AND GAS DEPOSITS

TASMAN SEA PRESENCE OF MID-OCEAN RIDGES

CORAL SEA TROPICAL CYCLONES OCCURRENCE

RIVERS:

GREAT ARTESIAN BASIN(LARGEST & DEEPEST
ARTESIAN BASIN)

LAKE EYRE BASIN LARGEST ENDORHEIC IN
AUSTRALIA

MURRAY LONGEST,FOOD BOWL REGION
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LAKES/RESERVOIRS:

LAKE EYRE LOWEST POINT OF AUSTRALIA

SERPENTINE LAKES OF GREAT VICTORIA DESERT
DISAPPOINTMENT
CARNEGIE
WELLS
CAREY
LEFROY
COWAN
DUNDAS

LAKE WOODS BREEDING SITE FOR WATERBIRDS
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GULFS:

GULF OF CARPENTARIA MORNING GLORY CLOUDS

GULF ST.VINCENT ADELAIDE

BAYS:

BOTANY BAY SYDNEY CARGO PORT

PR.CHARLOTTE DUGONG,MANGROVES

SHARK BAY SEAGRASSES

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STRAITS:

COOK STRAIT
SEPARATES NORTH AND SOUTH ISLANDS OF NEW
ZEALAND

BASS STRAIT
SEPARATES MAINLAND AUSTRALIA AND TASMANIA

TORRES STRAIT
SEPARATES AUSTRALIA FROM NEW GUINEA
 AGRICULTURE AND ANIMAL
RESOURCES

FISHING IS COMMERCIALLY SUCCESSFUL IN OCEANIA

AUSTRALIA:

NORTHERN DAIRY AND BEEF

SOUTHERN WINE(TOP 5 EXPORTER),CITRUS

FRUITS,WHEAT,CEREALS

INTERIORS RANCHING IN GRASSLANDS SURROUNDING

THE EDGES
WORLDS LARGEST EXPORTER OF WOOL
NEW ZEALAND:

MORE SUITABLE FOR LIVESTOCK GRAZING AND

RANCHING

WORLDS LARGEST EXPORTER OF CROSSBRED WOOL

(SHEEP:MAN 12:1)

WINE IN NORTHERN TIP OF NORTH ISLAND

 MINERAL RESOURCES

AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND HAVE METAL AND MINERAL

DEPOSITS

AUSTRALIA:

WORLDS LARGEST EXPORTER OF COAL

WORLDS LARGEST PRODUCER OF OPAL

SUPER PIT GOLD MINE (KALGOORIE) WORLDS
LARGEST OPEN CUT MINE

HIGH RESERVES OF
IRON,NICKEL,GOLD,URANIUM,DIAMOND,ZINC

NEW ZEALAND:
OIL AND NATURAL GAS
GEYSERS AND NATURAL SPRINGS
COAL,SILVER,IRON ORE,LIMESTONE,GOLD
PACIFIC ISLANDS: