locations COPY Flashcards
Andes Mountains
mountian range that runs all the way through the west coast of south america beginning in argentina and ending in venezuela
Sierra Madres
mountian range the runs northwest to southwest and northeast to southeast of mexico with central mexico mostly clear of mountains
Atacama Desert
on the west coast of south america, mostly in northern chile, thoughparts run through peru, bolivia, and argentina.
Amazon River Basin
mid-northern south america, norther brazil, peru, columbia, ecuador, and bolivia. the river runs through northern brazil and peru.
Pampas
a treeless plain running through eastern argentina, all of uraguay, and a small bit of southern brazil
Llanos
a grassy plain running throu central columbia and venezuela
Amazon Rainforest
mid-northern south america, norther brazil, peru, columbia, ecuador, and bolivia
Mexico City
the capital of mexico, in south-central mexico between the Sierra Madres
Rio de Janeiro
the second most populated city in brazil, in southeast brazil on the coast.
Buenos Aires
the capital of argentina, in northeast argentina on the south coast of La Plata
Santiago
the capital of chile, in central chile on the eastern side
Eurasia
modern day europe and asia as one continent, northeast of africa
Iberian Peninsula
spain and portugal, southwest of france
Scandinavian Peninsula
norway and sweden, west of finland
Italian Peninsula
all of italy, south of switzerland, northwest of greece
Jutland Peninsula
all of denmark, north of germany, south of norway and sweden
Great Britain
the whales, england, and scotland part of the UK, east of Ireland and west of denmark
Sicily
southwest of italian mainland, west of greece
Alps
mountian range that runs in an arc north of Italy, touching the southern parts of france, Switzerland, Germany, and Austria, covering all of liechtenstien, and the western part of slovenia
Pyrenees
mountian range that runs on the border between France and Spain, covering all of andorra
Northern European Plain
a mostly flat plain that stretches across the western part of russia through most of Eastern Ukraine, then arches down through the border between bulgaria and romania, then arches up through most of the northern coast of Europe and ending in western France. it also covers all of finland and northwestern kazakhstan (central eurasia)
Danube
a river that stretches from the northern east coast of romania through the border between romania and Bulgaria, northern serbia, then west at budepest in hungary and runs to southwestern germany (southeastern and central europe)
Rhine
a river that begins in southern germany and arches in a backward c until basel, then arches northwest to southwestern coast in the netherlands
Seine
a river that starts in paris and goes west in a squiggly shape to honfleur
Volga
a river that runs frum the russian southcoast just east of Kazakhstan and goes north until the Valdai Hills northwest of moscow
Adriatic Sea
a sea in east of the italian penninsula and west of croatia down to albania
Aegean Sea
a sea tha sourounds the eastern side of greece and its eastern islands
Mediterranean Sea
a sea south of europe and turkey and north of africa
Baltic Sea
a sea east of sweden and west of Lithuania, latvia, estonia, etc
Black Sea
a sea north of turkey and south of ukraine
North Sea
a sea southwest of Norway, east of the Uk, and north of mainland europe
Atlantic Ocean
the ocean east of the americas and west of Europe and africa
Arctic Ocean
the ocean covering the northmost part of the world, north of every continent
Strait of Gibraltar
the strip of water south of spain and north of morraco
Black Forest
a forest in southwestern germany
Ruhr Valley
a valley in northwestern germany east of the Netherlands, produces most of Germany’s black coal
Po Valley
a valley in the northernmost part of Italy, just south of Switzerland and Austria-creates hydroelectricity for switzerland
Berlin
the capital of germany- a city in northeastern germany between oder river and Elbe river
London
the capital of england, in the southeastern part of england, north of france
Paris
the capital of france, in the northern part of the county, southwest of berlin
Madrid
the capital of spain, right in the center of the country
Rome
the capital of italy, in the central area of the eastern part of the country, just a small bit inland from the Tyrrhenian Sea.
Athens
the capital of greece, in the central southern part of the country on the coast of the medditerrain sea
Warsaw
the capital of poland in the eastern part of the country, just northwest of the border between balarus and ukraine
Mississippi River
a river beginning in southeast louisiana and running along the borders between Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, louisiana, and illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi, then curves into wisconson and goes north to central wisconson
St. Lawrence River
a river starting a quebec city and going south through the great lakes to detroit
Colorado River
a river starting in northern calarado and runing south through utah and arizona and exits through western Mexico into the pacific ocean
Columbia River
a river that runs from eastern British Columbia south to create the border between Washington and Oregon, then discharges into the pacific ocean on the west oregon/washington coast
Rio Grande
a river that starts in southern colorado and runs through new Mexico south to create the border between texas and Mexico. it discharges into the gulf of mexico
Gulf of Mexico
the gulf in the middle of the eastern circle that Mexico, the us, and cuba creates
Great Lakes
a series of freshwater lakes that lays in then interior eastern central part of north America. they surround michigan and wisconson in the US and Toronto in Canada
Hudson Bay
The bay in Canada west of Quebec and southeast of nunavut
Aleutian Islands
The string of islands that run off of western Alaska in a upwards arc towards eastern Russia (the border between the Pacific Ocean and Bering sea)
Hawaiian Archipelago
Southwest of the coast of California in the pacific ocean
Appalachian Mountains
The mountain range beginning in the northernmost part of Maine and running south to the northern part of Georgia
Pacific Coastal Range
a moutian range that follows along the west coast of the US that begins in northernmost washington and ends in central california
Basin and Range
a basin and range chain chain running from northwestern US to central mexico
Rocky Mountains
a large mountian range running from northernmost alaska south to northern new mexico
Great Plains
a flatland east of the southern rocky mountians beginning in central alberta in canada and ending in southern texas
Interior Lowlands
a lowland running from the tip of northwest canada to the northernmost tip of mexico
Atlantic & Gulf Coastal Plain
a area of land beginning in central texas and moving northeast until central new jersey
Canadian Shield
an area of land beginning in northerneast most canada and curving down until it touches new york, michigan, minnisota and wisconson, then it curves back up to northcentral canada
Grand Canyon
an extensive canyon that is cut through by the Colorado river in northwest Arizona
Toronto
a city in south eastern ontario in canada
Montreal
a city in southern quebec in Canada
Ottawa
the capital of canada, located in south eastern ontario
Quebec
a province in canada northeast of ontario and southwest of new foundland and labrador
Vancouver
a city in southern british columbia, canada. just north of washington state in the US
British Columbia
a province in canada east of the gulf of alaska, west of alberta, north of the US
Washington D.C.
a district that is the captal of the USA, on the border between virginia and maryland
Chicago
a major city in northern illinois
New York City
a major city in southern New York, east of new jersey
Los Angeles
a major city in southern calfornia
Houston
a major city in eastern texas, just west of the gulf of mexico
Sahara
a major desert taking up most of northern africa, stopping at south niger
Sahel
a region cutting through central sudan and chad and following straight west to the atlantic coast
Atlas Mountains
a mountian range in north africa cutting through moracco, north algeria, and a small bit of west tunisia
Taurus Mountains
a mountian range in south west turkey, directly north of cyprus
Zagros Mountains
a mountian range beginning in southrn turkey and running southeast through a little bit of iraq and then iran
Mediterranean Sea
the sea north of africa and south of europe
Red Sea
the sea west of suadi arabia and asia and east of sudan and africa
Black Sea
the sea north of turkey and south of ukraine
Arabian Sea
the nsea south of pakistan and oman and west of india
Persian/Arabian Gulf
the sea west of iran and east of saudi arabia
Strait of Hormuz
the body of water north of the tip of the united arab emirates
Tehran
the capital of iran located in northern iran
Bosporus Strait
the body of water connecting the black sea to the sea marmara in northern turkey
Dardanelles Strait
the body of water connecting the sea of marmara to the aegean sea in northern turkey
Nile River
a large river beginning in lake victoria south of uganda and discharging in nothern egypt (flows north)
Tigris River
a river starting in southern turkey and flowing west then south to discharge in the persian gulf (north of euphrates)
Euphrates River
a river starting in southern turkey and flowing west then south to discharge in the persian gulf (south of tigris)
Jordan River
a river beginning on the central part of the border between lebanon and syria, and flowwing south to discharge into the dead sea
Baghdad
the capitaal of iraq loccated in the center of iraq
Cairo
the capital of egypt, located in north eastern egypt
Istanbul
a city in northern turkey, just north of the Bosporus Strait
Jerusalem
the capital of isreal and also palestine, located somewhere in central isreal (including the west bank)
Mecca
a city in saudi arabia, located in western saudi arabia just a little east of the red sea
Kalahari Desert
a desert taking up most of botswana and parts of eastern nambia and northern south africa
Namib Desert
a desert taking up the west coast of nambia and a bit of the west coast of angola
Zambezi River
a river starting on the border of southern central DRC and eastern angola and swervind south east to discharge off the coast of southern mozambique
Niger River
a river that starts in the center of the border between sierra leone and guinea and curving in and upside down c to discharge off the coast of nigeria
Congo River
a river beginning in southern democratic republic of the congo and curving in a large upside down c to discharge of the southern west coast of the DRC
Indian Ocean
the ocean surrounded by asia, africa, and australia
Lake Victoria
the lake north of tanzania and south of uganda and kenya
Lake Tanganyika
a lake running through the border between tanzania and burundi and DRC and zambia
Lagos
a city on the coast of the atlantic ocean in southwestern nigeria
Dakar
the capital of senegal, located on the westernmost tip of senegal bordering the atlantic ocean
Johannesburg
a city in northern central south africa just south of the city of Pretoria
Caucasus
a region running through southern russia and northern georgia and azerbaijan
Ural Mountains
a mountian range running north to south in western russia
Siberia
a region in northern central just north of the nizhnyaya tunguska
Volga River
a river in russia beginning east of latvia and curving in a backwards c to discharge in the caspian sea
Ob River
a river on the edge of central russia just west of the western siberian plain flows south to the edge of kazakhstan and mongolia
Amur River
a river starting in Mongolia and forming the border between north-east China and south-east Russia.
Lake Baikal
a lake in south-east Siberia in russia
Caspian Sea
a body of water south of russia and kazakhstan and north of iran
Aral Sea
a body of water between kazakhstan and uzbekistan
Bering Strait
the body of water west of alaska and east of russia
Moscow
capital of russia in western russia
St Petersburg
a city in western russia southeast of finland
Novosibirsk
a city in southern russia northeast of kazakhstan
Himalayas
a mountian range running through northern india and pakastan, all of nepal and bhutan, and a little of southern china
Western and Eastern Ghats
mountian ranges on the southeast and south west coast of india
Mount Fuji
a stratovolcano in southeastern japan just a bit in from the pacific ocean
Bay of Bengal
the body of water east of india and west of malaysia
Ganges River
a river in northern india just south of napal that discharges in the bay of bengal
Indus River
a river beginning in southwestern china and moving northwest then south to discharge in the pakisanian coast of the arabian sea
Brahmaputra River
a rive that flows east through southern china then southwest to discharge in the bay of bengal of the coast off bangladesh
Yangtze River (Chaing Jiang)
a river starting in central china and flowing south and then northeast to discharge in the phillipinian sea
Mekong River
a river starting in southern china and flowing south to discharge in the south china sea off the tip of vietnam
Yellow River (Huang He)
a river starting in central china and flowing north then south then east to discharge in the Philippine sea west of north korea
Tokyo
the capital of japan just of the cental eastern coast of japan
Beijing
the capital of china in northeastern china east of north korea
New Deli
the capital of india in northwestern india west of the tip of nepal
Australia
a continent country island in the pacific/indian ocean south of indionisia
New Zealand
a country island southeast of australia in the pacific ocean
Papua New Guinea
a country east of Indonesia and south of guam
The Great Dividing Range
a system of mountain ranges running along the east coast of australia
The Great Barrier Reef
a reef in the pacific ocean off the northeastern coast of australia
Canberra A.C.T (Australian Capital Territory)
the capital of australia on the southeastern side of the country, just a bit west from the southeastern coast
Sydney
a city on the southeastern coast of australia northeast of canberra
Melbourne
a city on the southernmost tip of mainland australia
