‘Geography’ Archives
Mid-Atlantic Region
Mid-Atlantic Region This term includes at least part of New York, New Jersey Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and the District of Columbia. Generally this encompasses the coastal subregion, the Delaware and Susquehanna River watersheds and Chesapeake Bay. While it is clear that the Mid-Atlantic includes the northeast corridor of cities that [...]
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone was the first British colony in Africa, aside from the coastal forts of the Gold Coast region. It was founded in 1787 under the infl uence of evangelical abolitionists, who wanted to resettle liberated slaves and other blacks in Africa, thereby creating “legitimate” trade as an alternative to the slave trade. The [...]
Sea Islands
Sea Islands Sea Islands, group of low, sandy or marshy islands in the Atlantic Ocean, located in the southeastern United States, off the coasts of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. The most important islands are Saint Helena, Port Royal, Hilton Head, and Parris, off South Carolina; Ossabaw, Sapelo, Cumberland, Jekyll, and Saint Simons, off [...]
Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda, a country comprising three islands which lie in the eastern arc of the Lesser Antilles, approximately 650 km (400 mi) southeast of Puerto Rico, between the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. In 1988 writer Jamaica Kincaid published an acclaimed, but honest and critical history of her childhood home, [...]
Lamu
Lamu Lamu, an Indian Ocean island with a Swahili port town of the same name. Lamu was one of several coastal trading communities where the blending of African and Arab cultures gave rise to Swahili language and culture. Although its origins are unclear, many believe Lamu Town was founded in the 14th century C.E. as a trade post for Arab [...]
Pangaea
Pangaea A supercontinent that existed about 250 million years ago. Pangaea was constructed throughout the Paleozoic Age by colliding continents to build a single huge mass. In the Appalachians, there were at least three separate collisions known as the Taconian, Acadian, and Alleghanian Orogenies. There was the Ouachita Orogeny in the South and [...]
Great Victoria Desert
Great Victoria Desert Great Victoria Desert, arid region, southern Australia, in the states of South Australia and Western Australia. A barren area of sandhills, salt lakes, and sparse grasslands, it extends for about 725 km (about 450 mi) from east to west and is separated from the Great Australian Bight to the south by the Nullarbor Plain. [...]
Bismarck Archipelago
Bismarck Archipelago Bismarck Archipelago, group of about 200 islands in the western Pacific Ocean, part of Papua New Guinea. The archipelago is northeast of New Guinea and south of the equator. The principal islands are New Britain (area 36,500 sq km/14,100 sq mi); New Ireland (8,650 sq km/3,340 sq mi); New Hanover, or Lavongai (1,190 sq km/ [...]
Moreno Valley
Moreno Valley Moreno Valley, city in southern California, in Riverside County, on the eastern edge of the vast metropolitan region centered on Los Angeles. A residential and retail community, the city is situated in a valley framed by mountains that separate it from other nearby cities. March Air Force Base borders the city to the southwest. [...]
Lake Nicaragua
Lake Nicaragua Nicaragua, Lake, lake in southwestern Nicaragua, the largest lake in Central America. The lake is 164 km (102 mi) long and has a maximum width of about 72 km (about 45 mi). It is roughly oval in shape and covers 8,000 sq km (3,100 sq mi). The chief port is Granada. The lake contains the island Zapatera in the north, the [...]
