Geo-Data: The World Geographical Encyclopedia

by McCoy, John

• ISBN13: 9780787655815
• ISBN10: 0787655813
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-11-01
• Publisher: Gale / Cengage Learning

Summary

Provides alphabetically arranged descriptions of the physical geography of every country of the world, with details on geographical features, climate, vegetation, human population, and natural resources.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
COUNTRIES
Afghanistan	1	(4)
Albania	5	(2)
Algeria	7	(4)
Andorra	11	(1)
Angola	12	(4)
Anguilla	16	(1)
Antarctica	17	(5)
Antigua and Barbuda	22	(1)
Argentina	23	(5)
Armenia	28	(1)
Aruba	29	(2)
Australia	31	(5)
Austria	36	(3)
Azerbaijan	39	(2)
The Bahamas	41	(2)
Bahrain	43	(2)
Bangladesh	45	(3)
Barbados	48	(2)
Belarus	50	(2)
Belgium	52	(3)
Belize	55	(2)
Benin	57	(2)
Bermuda	59	(2)
Bhutan	61	(3)
Bolivia	64	(4)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	68	(2)
Botswana	70	(3)
Brazil	73	(5)
British Virgin Islands	78	(2)
Brunei	80	(2)
Bulgaria	82	(2)
Burkina Faso	84	(2)
Burundi	86	(3)
Cambodia	89	(3)
Cameroon	92	(3)
Canada	95	(6)
Cape Verde	101	(2)
Cayman Islands	103	(2)
Central African Republic	105	(2)
Chad	107	(4)
Chile	111	(4)
China	115	(7)
Colombia	122	(4)
Comoros	126	(2)
Democratic Republic of the Congo	128	(5)
Republic of the Congo	133	(3)
Costa Rica	136	(3)
Cote d'Ivoire	139	(3)
Croatia	142	(2)
Cuba	144	(4)
Cyprus	148	(2)
Czech Republic	150	(2)
Denmark	152	(3)
Djibouti	155	(2)
Dominica	157	(2)
Dominican Republic	159	(3)
East Timor	162	(2)
Ecuador	164	(3)
Egypt	167	(3)
El Salvador	170	(4)
Equatorial Guinea	174	(2)
Eritrea	176	(2)
Estonia	178	(2)
Ethiopia	180	(4)
Fiji	184	(2)
Finland	186	(3)
France	189	(5)
French Guiana	194	(2)
Gabon	196	(2)
Gambia	198	(2)
Georgia	200	(2)
Germany	202	(5)
Ghana	207	(3)
Greece	210	(4)
Greenland	214	(2)
Grenada	216	(2)
Guadeloupe	218	(1)
Guatemala	219	(3)
Guinea	222	(3)
Guinea-Bissau	225	(2)
Guyana	227	(2)
Haiti	229	(3)
Honduras	232	(3)
Hungary	235	(3)
Iceland	238	(3)
India	241	(7)
Indonesia	248	(6)
Iran	254	(5)
Iraq	259	(3)
Ireland	262	(3)
Israel	265	(3)
Italy	268	(5)
Jamaica	273	(3)
Japan	276	(5)
Jordan	281	(3)
Kazakhstan	284	(4)
Kenya	288	(4)
Kiribati	292	(2)
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of	294	(3)
Korea, Republic of	297	(3)
Kuwait	300	(2)
Kyrgyzstan	302	(2)
Laos	304	(3)
Latvia	307	(2)
Lebanon	309	(2)
Lesotho	311	(2)
Liberia	313	(3)
Libya	316	(2)
Liechtenstein	318	(2)
Lithuania	320	(2)
Luxembourg	322	(2)
Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic Of	324	(3)
Madagascar	327	(3)
Malawi	330	(3)
Malaysia	333	(4)
Maldives	337	(2)
Mali	339	(3)
Malta	342	(2)
Marshall Islands	344	(1)
Martinique	345	(2)
Mauritania	347	(3)
Mauritius	350	(2)
Mexico	352	(5)
Micronesia, Federated States of	357	(3)
Moldova	360	(2)
Monaco	362	(1)
Mongolia	363	(4)
Morocco	367	(3)
Mozambique	370	(4)
Myanmar	374	(3)
Namibia	377	(4)
Nauru	381	(1)
Nepal	382	(4)
The Netherlands	386	(3)
Netherlands Antilles	389	(1)
New Zealand	390	(5)
Nicaragua	395	(3)
Niger	398	(2)
Nigeria	400	(4)
Norway	404	(4)
Oman	408	(3)
Pakistan	411	(4)
Palau	415	(2)
Panama	417	(3)
Papua New Guinea	420	(4)
Paraguay	424	(3)
Peru	427	(5)
The Philippines	432	(4)
Poland	436	(4)
Portugal	440	(3)
Puerto Rico	443	(2)
Qatar	445	(2)
Romania	447	(4)
Russia	451	(7)
Rwanda	458	(2)
Saint Kitts and Nevis	460	(2)
Saint Lucia	462	(2)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	464	(2)
Samoa	466	(2)
San Marino	468	(2)
Sao Tome and Principe	470	(1)
Saudi Arabia	471	(4)
Senegal	475	(3)
Seychelles	478	(2)
Sierra Leone	480	(2)
Singapore	482	(2)
Slovakia	484	(2)
Slovenia	486	(3)
Solomon Islands	489	(1)
Somalia	490	(4)
South Africa	494	(4)
Spain	498	(4)
Sri Lanka	502	(3)
Sudan	505	(5)
Suriname	510	(2)
Swaziland	512	(2)
Sweden	514	(3)
Switzerland	517	(4)
Syria	521	(3)
Taiwan	524	(2)
Tajikistan	526	(3)
Tanzania	529	(4)
Thailand	533	(3)
Togo	536	(2)
Tonga	538	(2)
Trinidad and Tobago	540	(3)
Tunisia	543	(2)
Turkey	545	(4)
Turkmenistan	549	(3)
Turks and Caicos Islands	552	(2)
Tuvalu	554	(1)
Uganda	555	(3)
Ukraine	558	(4)
United Arab Emirates	562	(2)
United Kingdom	564	(6)
United States of America	570	(11)
Uruguay	581	(2)
Uzbekistan	583	(3)
Vanuatu	586	(2)
Vatican City	588	(1)
Venezuela	589	(5)
Vietnam	594	(3)
Virgin Islands	597	(2)
Yemen	599	(3)
Yugoslavia	602	(3)
Zambia	605	(4)
Zimbabwe	609	(4)
World Rankings Appendix	613	(16)
Glossary	629	(8)
Index	637