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Topography of Tasmania. Tasmania, the largest island of Australia, has a landmass of 68,401 km 2 (26,410 sq mi) and is located directly in the pathway of the notorious "Roaring Forties" wind that encircles the globe. To its north, it is separated from mainland Australia by Bass Strait.
This is a list of articles holding galleries of maps of present-day countries and dependencies. The list includes all countries listed in the List of countries , the French overseas departments, the Spanish and Portuguese overseas regions and inhabited overseas dependencies.
Russia: Federal 89 federal subjects: [bm] [bn] 48 oblasts [bo] 24 republics [bp] 4 autonomous okrugs 9 krais (territories) 1 autonomous oblast: 2,027 districts 561 cities and towns of federal subject significance: 416 Towns of district significance 767 urban-type settlements of district significance 15,002 selsoviets and equivalents: 3 federal ...
A world map is a map of most or all of the surface of Earth. World maps, because of their scale, must deal with the problem of projection. Maps rendered in two dimensions by necessity distort the display of the three-dimensional surface of the Earth. While this is true of any map, these distortions reach extremes in a world map.
Tasmania is a significant agricultural exporter, as well as a significant destination for eco-tourism. About 42% of its land area, including national parks and World Heritage Sites (21%), is protected in some form of reserve. [25] The first environmental political party in the world was founded in Tasmania. [26]
Slightly light colour to see the word "RUSSIA" correctly. 09:51, 16 March 2021: 2,738 × 2,240 (2 MB) Sbb1413: Re-altered the colour since the Asian Russia is mentioned in the article. 09:28, 16 March 2021: 2,738 × 2,240 (2 MB) Sbb1413: Altered the colour of Russia to show that it is not part of Caucasus (purple), yet it is part of Asia.
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The usual line taken to divide Africa from Asia today is at the Isthmus of Suez, the narrowest gap between the Mediterranean Sea and the Gulf of Suez, the route today followed by the Suez Canal. This makes the Sinai Peninsula geographically Asian, and Egypt a transcontinental country. Less than 2% of the Egyptian population live on the Sinai ...