PHYSICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE GEOGRAPHY OF AFRICA (adapted to 1st level)

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF AFRICA

1) GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES of AFRICA

-North:The Mediterranean Sea

-East:The Indian Ocean

- South:The Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean

-West:The Atlantic Ocean

2) ELEMENTS OF THE RELIEF

Valleys and basins: NIGER BASSIN, CONGO BASIN

Plateaus: DARFUR PLATEAU,AFRICAN PLATEU, SOUTHWESTERN AFRICAN PLATEU

Mountain Ranges: ATLAS, ETHIOPIAN HIGHLANDS, RIFT VALLEY, DRAKENSBERG MOUNTAINS

Peaks: KILIMANJARO (Rift Valley)

Undersea areas/Wetlands: NILE’S DELTA, MOUTHS OF THE NIGER, OKAVANGO DELTA

Deserts: SAHARA, KALAHARI, NAMIB

3) ELEMENTS OF THE COAST

Oceans: ATLANTIC OCEAN, INDIAN OCEAN

Seas: MEDITERRANEAN SEA, RED SEA, ARABIAN SEA

Peninsulas: HORN OF AFRICA, SINAI

Isles: MADEIRA ISLANDS, CANARY ISLANDS, CAPE VERDE, MADAGASCAR, SEYCHELLES.

Gulfs and Bays:GULF OF GUINEA, GULF OF BENGUELA, GULF OF ADEN,

Capes: ESPARTEL, CAPE BLANC,CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, CAPE GWARDAFUY,

Straits/Channels/Canals: STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR, MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL, SUEZ CANAL

) ELEMENTS OF THE INLAND HYDROGRAPHY

Rivers:

The Mediterranean basin:NILE RIVER

The North Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Guinea basins: SENEGAL, VOLTA,NIGER

The South Atlantic Ocean basin:CONGO, ORANGE

The Indian Ocean:LIMPOPO, ZAMBEZE

Lakes: VOLTA, CHAD, TANGANYKA, VICTORIA, MALAWI,

ADMINISTRATIVE and POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY of AFRICA

COUNTRY	CAPITAL	COUNTRY	CAPITAL
MOROCCO	Rabat	CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC	Bangui
ALGERIA	Algiers	DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO	Kinshasa
TUNISIA	Tunisia	SOUTH SUDAN	Juba
LYBIA	Tripoli	UGANDA	Kampala
EGYPT	Cairo	RWANDA	Kigali
WESTERN SAHARA	Laâyoune	BURUNDI	Bujumbura
MAURITANIA	Nouakchott	ERITREA	Asmara
MALI	Bamako	ETHIOPIA	Addis Ababa
BURKINA FASO	Ouagadougou	DJIBOUTI	Djibouti
NIGER	Niamey	SOMALIA	Mogadishu
CHAD	N’djamena	KENYA	Nairobi
SUDAN	Khartoum
SENEGAL	Dakar	TANZANIA	Dar es Salaam
THE GAMBIA	Banjul	ANGOLA	Luanda
GUINEA BISSAU	Bissau	ZAMBIA	Lusaka
GUINEA	Conakry	MALAWI	Lilongwe
SIERRA LEONE	Freetown	MOZAMBIQUE	Maputo
LIBERIA	Monrovia	NAMIBIA	Windhoek
CÔTE D’IVOIRE	Yamoussoukro	BOTSWANA	Gaborone
GHANA	Accra	ZIMBABWE	Harare
TOGO	Lome	SOUTH AFRICA	Pretoria
BENIN	Porto-Novo	LESOTHO	Maseru
NIGERIA	Abuja	SWAZILAND	Mbabane
CAMEROON	Yaounde	CAPE VERDE	Praia
EQUATORIAL GUINEA	Malabo	MADAGASCAR	Antananarivo
GABON	Libreville	COMOROS	Moroni
REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO	Brazzaville	SEYCHELLES	Victoria

POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE GEOGRPAHY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

REGION	HEADQUARTERS OF THE GOVERNMENT	LARGER CITIES
SCOTLAND	EDINBURGH	GLASGOW
NORTHERN IRELAND	BELFAST	(LONDON)DERRY
NORTH EAST	NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE	DURHAM
NORTH WEST	SAINT HELENS	LIVERPOOL
YORKSHIRE & NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE	WAKEFIELD	YORK, LEEDS, LINCOLN
WALES	CARDIFF	SWANSEA
WEST MIDLANDS	BIRMINGHAM	SALISBURY
EAST MIDLANDS	MELTON MOWBRAY	NOTTINGHAM
EAST OF ENGLAND	FLEMPTON	NORWICH
GREATER LONDON	LONDON
SOUTH WEST	PLYMOUTH	TOURQUAY
SOUTH EAST	GUILDFORD	BRIGHTON
OUTER HEBRIDES	STORNOWAY
INNER HEBRIDES	SKYE
ORKNEY	KIRKWALL
SHETLAND	LERWICK
CHANNEL ISLANDS	SAINT HELIER
ISLES OF SCILLY	HUGH TOWN

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

1) GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES

- North: Atlantic Ocean

- West: The Irish Sea, the Saint George Channel and the Island of Ireland

- South: The British Channel

- East: The North Sea

2) ELEMENTS OF THE RELIEF

Mountain ranges :

(1) NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS, (2)GRAMPIAN MOUNTS, (3)SOUTHERN UPLAND, (4)THE PENINES, (5)CAMBRIAN MOUNTS, (6)THE COTSWOLDS, (7)DARTMOOR, (8)SPERTINS MOUNTAINS.

Plateaus:

(9)BIRMINGHAM PLATEAU, (10)MIDLANDS PLATEAU

Plains:

(11)WEST LANCASHIRE COASTAL PLAIN, (12)NORTH SOMERSET LEVELS, (13)SALISBURY PLAIN

Basins:

(14)THAMES BASIN

3) ELEMENTS OF THE INLAND HYDROGRAPHY

Rivers:

North Sea Basin:

(15)TWEED, (16)TYNE, (17)OUSE, (18)TRENT, (19)GREAT OUSE, (20)THAMES

British Channel:

(21)EXE, (22)TAMAR

Bristol Channel:

(23)WYE, (24)SEVERN

Lakes

Northern Ireland: (25) LOUGH NEAGH, (26)LOWER LOUGH ERNE

Scotland: (27)LOCH LOMOND, (28)LOCH NESS

England: (29)LAKE WINDERMERE

Wales: (30)LAKE BALA

4) ELEMENTS OF THE COAST

Oceans:

(31) ATLANTIC OCEAN

Seas:

(32) NORTH SEA, (33) CELTIC SEA, (34) IRISH SEA

Peninsulas:

(35) CORNWALL, (36) PEMBROKESHIRE, (37) LLYN PENINSULA,

(38) KINTYRE, (39) KNOYDART

Islands:

(40)IRELAND, (41) BRITAIN, (42) ISLE OF MAN, (43) ANGLESEY, (44) ISLE OF WIGHT, (45) ISLE OF SHEPPEY, (46) ISLE OF ARRAN

Archipelagos:

(47) OUTER HEBRIDES, (48) INNER HEBRIDES, (49) ORKNEY ISLANDS, (50) SHETLAND ISLANDS, (51) CHANNEL ISLES, (52)ISLES OF SCILLY

Gulfs/bays/firths:

(53) BRISTOL CHANNEL, (54)CARDIGAN BAY, (55)LIVERPOOL BAY, (56) SOLWAY FIRTH, (57) FIRTH OF CLYDE, (58) MORAY FIRTH, (59) FIRTH OF FORTH, (60) HUMBER MOUTH, (61) THE WASH, (62) THAMES MOUTH,

(63) TOURQUOISE BAY, (64) STRANGFORD LOUGH, (65) LOUGH FOYLE

Capes:

(64) LAND’S END, (65) SAINT DAVID’S HEAD, (66) CAPE WRATH, (67) DUNCANSBY HEAD, (68) RATTRAY HEAD, (69) WINTERTON HEAD, (70) TORR HEAD

Straits and channels:

(71) ENGLISH CHANNEL, (72) STRAIT OF DOVER, (73) PENTLAND STRAIT,

(74) THE MINCH, (75) SAINT GEORGE CHANNEL

NOTE: Numbers  in brackets correspond to locations on your maps

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PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF EUROPE

1) GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES of the EUROPEAN CONTINENT

- North:  The Glacial Arctic Ocean, and the North Atlantic Ocean

- East:  The Ural Mountains (The Urals), and the Caspian Sea

- South:  The Caucasus, The Black Sea and  The Mediterranean Sea

-West: The Atlantic Ocean

2) ELEMENTS OF THE RELIEF

Plains:  GREAT EUROPEAN PLAIN

Ancient Massifs: THE SCANDINAVIAN MOUNTAINS, THE CENTRAL MASSIF,

     THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS, THE PENINES

Southern Ranges: THE PYRENEES, THE ALPS, THE APENINES,

        THE CARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS, THE BALKANS, THE CAUCASUS 

Peaks and vulcans: MONT BLANC (The Alps), MOUNT EREBUS (The Caucasus),  

                                        VULCAN ETNA (Isle of Sicily)

Undersea areas: NETHERLANDS (The Low Countries)

4) ELEMENTS OF THE COAST

Oceans: GLACIAL ARCTIC OCEAN, ATLANTIC OCEAN.

Seas:  BARENTS SEA, WHITE SEA, BALTIC SEA, SEA OF NORWAY, NORTH SEA,   

IRISH SEA, CELTIC SEA, CANTABRIAN SEA, MEDITERRANEAN SEA, THYRRENIAN SEA,   IONIC SEA,  ADRIATIC SEA, AEGEAN SEA, SEA OF MARMARA, BLACK SEA,   SEA OF AZOV, CASPIAN SEA

Peninsulas: SCANDINAVIAN PENININSULA, JUTLAND, CORNWALL, BRITTANY,

                           THE IBERIAN PENINSULA, THE ITALIAN PENINSULA,

THE BALCANINC PENINSULA (THE BALKANS), THE PELOPONNES,

CRIMEAN PENINSULA

Isles:    NEW ZEMBLA, ICELAND, BRITAIN, ISLE OF MAN, IRELAND, CORSICA, SARDINIA, SICILY, MALTA, CRETE, CYPRUS

Archipelagos: SVALRBAD (Norway), FAROE ISLANDS (Denmark), SHETLAND ISLANDS, ORKNEY ISLES and HEBRIDES ISLANDS (United Kingdom), BALEARIC ISLANDS (Spain), DODECANESOS (Greece)

Gulfs and bays: GULF OF BOTHNIA, GULF OF FINLAND, GULF OF RIGA,

CARDIGAN BAY, GALWAY BAY, BAY OF BISCAY, GULF OF LION,   GULF OF GENOA, GULF OF TARENTO, GULF OF CORINTO, SARONIC GULF

Capes:  NORTH CAPE, LAND’S END, CAPE OF SAINT VINCENT

Straits/Channels:  SKAGERRAT STRAIT, ENGLISH CHANNEL, BRISTOL CHANNEL,

                                       NORTH CHANNEL, STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR,

        STRAIT OF BONIFACIO, STRAIT OF MESSINA,

        DARDANELLES STRAIT, BOSPHORUS STRAIT

4) ELEMENTS OF THE INLAND HYDROGRAPHY

Rivers:

-Barents Sea basin: PECHORA

-White Sea basin: NORTHERN DVINA RIVER

-Baltic Sea basin:  WESTERN DVINA RIVER (to the Gulf of Riga), VISTULA, ODER

-North Sea basin: ELBE, WESSER, RHINE, THAMES

-Atlantic Ocean basin: SEINE, LOIRE, GARONNE, SHANNON

-Mediterranean Sea basin: RHÔNE, PO (To the Adriatic Sea), TIBER (To the

                                        Tyrrhenian Sea)

-Black Sea basin: DANUBE, DNIESTER, DNIEPER (TO the Sea of Azov)

-Caspian Sea basin: DON, VOLGA

Lakes: ONEGA and LADOGA (Russia), LOCH NESS (Scotland), LOUGH NEAGH

(Northern Ireland), LEMAN (Switzerland-France), CONSTANZA (Switzerland)

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