World Geography

The grid of parallels and meridians that gives every place on Earth an address in degrees.

1. Parallels and Meridians
2. Latitude
3. Longitude
4. Reading Coordinates
5. Find a Place by Its Coordinates
6. The Tropics and the Polar Circles
7. Coordinates and Hemispheres
8. Degrees and Minutes
9. How Far Is a Degree?

Why every flat map stretches something, what Mercator, equal-area and compromise maps each keep, map scale, and the kinds of maps.

1. Why Flat Maps Stretch
2. The Mercator Projection
3. Equal-Area Maps
4. Compromise Maps
5. Seeing Distortion with Circles
6. Map Scale
7. Kinds of Maps
8. GPS, GIS and Satellite Images

Why there are time zones, how to work out the time elsewhere, and the International Date Line.

1. Why We Have Time Zones
2. Time Around the World
3. The International Date Line

Continents compared, oceans and seas, the great rivers, mountains, deserts, lakes, islands, peninsulas and straits.

1. The Continents Compared
2. Oceans and Seas
3. Great Rivers of the World
4. Mountains of the World
5. Deserts of the World
6. Lakes and Waterfalls
7. Islands and Peninsulas
8. Straits and Canals

What controls climate, the world's climate zones, reading a climograph, and the biomes that grow in each climate.

1. What Controls Climate
2. World Climate Zones
3. Reading a Climograph
4. Biomes of the World
5. Matching Biomes and Climates

How many countries there are and why the count depends on who is counting, and which countries have no coast.

1. How Many Countries?
2. Landlocked Countries

Countries, capitals and physical features of the Americas.

1. Countries of North and Central America
2. Capitals of North and Central America
3. Countries of the Caribbean
4. Capitals of the Caribbean
5. Countries of South America
6. Capitals of South America
7. Physical Features of the Americas

Countries, capitals and physical features of Northern, Western, Southern and Eastern Europe.

1. Countries of Northern Europe
2. Capitals of Northern Europe
3. Countries of Western Europe
4. Capitals of Western Europe
5. Countries of Southern Europe
6. Capitals of Southern Europe
7. Countries of Eastern Europe
8. Capitals of Eastern Europe
9. Physical Features of Europe

Countries, capitals and physical features of North, West, Central, East and Southern Africa.

1. North Africa: Countries and Capitals
2. Countries of West Africa
3. Capitals of West Africa
4. Countries of Central Africa
5. Capitals of Central Africa
6. Countries of East Africa
7. Capitals of East Africa
8. Southern Africa: Countries and Capitals
9. Physical Features of Africa

Countries, capitals and physical features of Southwest, Central, South, East and Southeast Asia.

1. Countries of Southwest Asia
2. Capitals of Southwest Asia
3. Countries of Central and South Asia
4. Capitals of Central and South Asia
5. East Asia: Countries and Capitals
6. Countries of Southeast Asia
7. Capitals of Southeast Asia
8. Physical Features of Asia

Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific island countries, and the continent with no countries.

1. Countries of Oceania
2. Capitals of Oceania
3. Australia's Land and Antarctica

Where the world's eight billion people live: the most populous countries, the largest countries, crowding, and the largest cities.

1. Eight Billion People
2. The Most Populous Countries
3. The Largest Countries by Area
4. Crowded Places
5. The World's Largest Cities