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The map depicts Asia, Africa and Europe. The Fra Mauro map is a map of the world made around 1450 by the Italian (Venetian) cartographer Fra Mauro, which is “considered the greatest memorial of medieval cartography." [1] It is a circular planisphere drawn on parchment and set in a wooden frame that measures over two by two meters.
European watershed. Coordinates: 61°28′N 37°46′E. Main European drainage divides (red lines) separating catchments (green regions). The main European watershed is the drainage divide ("watershed") which separates the basins of the rivers that empty into the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea and the Baltic Sea from those that feed the ...
Bodies of water of San Marino (1 C, 1 P) Bodies of water of Serbia (4 C) Bodies of water of Slovakia (4 C) Bodies of water of Slovenia (7 C, 1 P) Bodies of water of Spain (11 C, 3 P) Bodies of water of Sweden (11 C, 4 P) Bodies of water of Switzerland (5 C)
In The World Upside Down in 16th-Century French Literature and Visual Culture, [3] Vincent Robert-Nícoud introduces the mundus inversus by writing (p. 1): . To call something ‘inverted’ or ‘topsy-turvy’ in the sixteenth century is, above all, to label it as abnormal, unnatural and going against the natural order of things.
t. e. The terms international waters or transboundary waters apply where any of the following types of bodies of water (or their drainage basins) transcend international boundaries: oceans, large marine ecosystems, enclosed or semi-enclosed regional seas and estuaries, rivers, lakes, groundwater systems (aquifers), and wetlands. [1]
M. Mediterranean Sea. Categories: Landforms of Europe. Bodies of water by continent. Water in Europe. Hidden category: Commons category link from Wikidata.
Topography of Europe. Some geographical texts refer to a Eurasian continent given that Europe is not surrounded by sea and its southeastern border has always been variously defined for centuries. In terms of shape, Europe is a collection of connected peninsulas and nearby islands. The two largest peninsulas are Europe itself and Scandinavia to ...
The shape is modified by coastal processes. An esker, eskar, eschar, or os, sometimes called an asar, osar, or serpent kame, [1][2] is a long, winding ridge of stratified sand and gravel, examples of which occur in glaciated and formerly glaciated regions of Europe and North America. Eskers are frequently several kilometres long and, because of ...