‘Geography’ Archives
Java Island
Java Island The fifth largest island of the Malay Archipelago, forming part of the Republic of Indonesia. It is situated between the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean and is separated from Sumatra on the west by Sunda Strait and from Bali on the east by Bali Strait. With an overall length of about 620 miles (1,000 km) and an average width of little [...]
Kalahari Desert
Kalahari Desert A large arid region in the central part of southern Africa. The heart of the desert is in western and southern Botswana, but it extends into the eastern part of South West Africa and the northern part of Cape Province in the Republic of South Africa. In 1849 native guides took Dr. David Livingstone and William C. Oswell from the [...]
How many continents are there in the World?
How many continents are there in the World? A continent is one of several major land masses on the earth. There is no standard definition for the number of continents but you will commonly find that the numbers six or seven are used. By most standards, there are a seven continents - Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, [...]
Biogeography
Biogeography A basic fundamental principal of biogeography is that species, when faced with a change in its environment, has three choices: move, adapt, or die. In the wake of a disturbance, such as a natural disaster, the species must react in one of these three ways. Two of the choices offer survival and if these options are not available [...]
The American Desert
The American Desert Some deserts are a highly productive environment suppling a vast variety of plant and animal life. One of these deserts is the North American Desert. All deserts are different. Some have high mountains, some are just sandy flatlands and some have great soil where plant life thrive. However, there is one aspect of the [...]
The Pyrenees
The Pyrenees Of all Europe's mountain ranges, the jagged and often snow-capped Pyrenees, 435 kilometres long, have functioned most effectively as a barrier to human movement. Unlike the Alps, the Pyrenees have no low foothills or hospitable valleys to ease access into and through their heights. Rather, the Pyrenees rise abruptly from the [...]
The Tigris River
The Tigris River The streams that join to form the Tigris River begin in the high mountains rimming Lake Van in eastern Turkey. Leaving Turkey, the Tigris touches the northeastern border of Syria and then flows southeastward across Iraq. In Iraq it is joined by tributaries from the east - principally the Great Zab, the Little Zab, and the [...]
Gobi
Gobi Gobi, extensive desert area of southern Mongolia and northern China. The largest desert in Asia, it is also known as Shamo, the Chinese word for “sand desert.” The Gobi, which is about 1,600 km (about 1,000 mi) in extent from east to west and about 1,000 km (about 600 mi) from north to south, has a total area of 1,300,000 sq km [...]
Arctic
Arctic INTRODUCTION Arctic, large, cold area around the North Pole. The Arctic is not a clearly defined area. It includes the Arctic Ocean, many islands, and parts of the mainlands of North America, Asia, and Europe. Scientists define the Arctic in three major ways. First, as the area north of the Arctic Circle (latitude 66°30′ north). [...]
