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This glossary of geography terms is a list of definitions of terms and concepts used in geography and related fields, including Earth science, oceanography, cartography, and human geography, as well as those describing spatial dimension, topographical features, natural resources, and the collection, analysis, and visualization of geographic data.
800 (number) 800 ( eight hundred) is the natural number following 799 and preceding 801 . It is the sum of four consecutive primes (193 + 197 + 199 + 211). It is a Harshad number, an Achilles number and the area of a square with diagonal 40. [ 1]
Quizlet is a multi-national American company that provides tools for studying and learning. [ 1] Quizlet was founded in October 2005 by Andrew Sutherland, who at the time was a 15-year old student, [ 2] and released to the public in January 2007. [ 3] Quizlet's primary products include digital flash cards, matching games, practice electronic ...
The total number of megacities in the world varies between different sources: The world had 33 according to the UN (in 2018), 45 according to CityPopulation.de (in 2023), and 44 according to Demographia (in 2023). About half of these urban agglomerations are in China and India.
The original configuration of the North American Numbering Plan assigned eighty-six area codes in October 1947, one each to every numbering plan area. The territories of the United States, which included Alaska, and Hawaii, did not receive area codes at first, nor did the territories of Canada or Newfoundland and Labrador, which was a British ...
Oecusse, a district on the northwestern side of the island of Timor, is a semi-enclave of East Timor separated from the rest of the country by Indonesia. Ceuta and Melilla are Spanish semi-enclaves on the Mediterranean coast of Morocco. Temburong District is a Bruneian semi-enclave surrounded by Malaysia.
N. nadir. narrows. Also narrow. A land or water passage that is confined or restricted by its narrow breadth, often a strait or a water gap. nation. A stable community of people formed on the basis of a common geographic territory, language, economy, ethnicity, or psychological make-up as manifested in a common culture. national mapping agency.
[12] [13] The modern metropolitan statistical area was created in 1983 amid a large increase in the number of eligible markets, which grew from 172 in 1950 to 288 in 1980; [12] [14] the core based statistical area (CBSA) was introduced in 2000 and defined in 2003 with a minimum population of 10,000 required for micropolitan areas and 50,000 for ...