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* Tropic of Cancer
* Tropic of Cancer
* Tropic of Capricorn
* Tropic of Capricorn
== Physical Geography ==
* the study of the elements that constitute the earth's surface and how they interact
** includes meteorology, which is the study of weather and weather prediction
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_geography Physical geography(wiki)]]


== Water bodies ==
== Water bodies ==
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* man-made straits that connect two larger bodies of water
* man-made straits that connect two larger bodies of water
* canals provide important water passage to connect water bodies that would otherwise require long-distance water travel around land bodies or continents
* canals provide important water passage to connect water bodies that would otherwise require long-distance water travel around land bodies or continents
** usually canals are built across isthmuses
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* Bahr Yussef
* Bahr Yussef
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=== delta ===
=== delta ===
=== gulf ===
=== lake ===
=== lake ===
=== ocean ===
=== ocean ===
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=== river ===
=== river ===
* rivers flow downhill, usually but not always into an ocean
** upstream v. downstream
* tributary
* estuary
* Gulf of Ob
** world's longest estuary
** fed by the Ob River and feeding into the Kara Sea (part of the Arctic Ocean)
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* delta
* silt
* flow & discharge
** measurement of the amount of water a river carries
* Ten longest rivers in the world
** note: there is always a dispute over these lists as to the exact measurement
** this list is derived from ** See [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rivers_by_lengthList of rivers by length (wiki)]]
*** which measures total length of river systems (i.e., includes tributaries)
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* Nile
1. '''Nile''' (Africa; flows into Mediterranean Sea)
2.  '''Amazon'''(South America; flows into Atlantic Ocean)
3.  '''Yangtze'''(China; flows into East China Sea
4.  '''Mississippi'''(North America; flows into Gulf of Mexico)
5.  '''Yenisei'''(Mongolia-Russia; flows into Kara Sea, part of the Arctic Ocean)
6.  '''Yellow or Huang He'''(China; flows into Bohai Sea, part of the Yellow Sea)
7.  '''Ob''' (northern Asia; flows into the Gulf of Ob, feeding into the Kara Sea, part of the Arctic Ocean)
8.  '''Rio de la Plata-Parana'''(South America; flows into the Rio de la Plata estuary, which flows into the Atlantic Ocean)
9.  '''Congo''' (Central Africa; flows into the Atlantic Ocean
10.  '''Amur'''(northern Asia, flows into the Sea of Okhost, part of the Pacific Ocean)
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=== stream ===
=== stream ===
=== oasis ===
* See Ancient Egypt outline
See also:
* Hydrology / water cycle
*


== Land forms ==
== Land forms ==
=== Cape ===
=== cape ===
* a "headland", "promontory" or large body of land that extends into a larger water body, usually an ocean or a sea
* a "headland", "promontory" or large body of land that extends into a larger water body, usually an ocean or a sea
** "headland" is a "coastal landform," usually with a high point and cliffs  
** "headland" is a "coastal landform," usually with a high point and cliffs  
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=== peninsula ===
=== peninsula ===


== Major world regions per continent ==


== Major world regions  ==
* 12 major regions
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_physiographic_regions_of_the_worldList of Physiographic Regions per continent (wiki)]]
* however, below for typical regions per continent
=== Americas ===
=== Americas ===
* North America
* North America
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* Pitcaren Islands in Polynesia, are the least populated political entity in the world (67 residents)
* Pitcaren Islands in Polynesia, are the least populated political entity in the world (67 residents)
** Vatican City, for example, has 825 residents
** Vatican City, for example, has 825 residents
* Rio de la Plata is the widest river in the world (max width: 140 mi)
** the Rio de la Plata is considered a river, estuary, gulf or "marginal sea"
** it is fed by the Uruguay and Parana rivers at Punta Gorda ("fat point"


== Climate ==
== Climate ==