Physical Geography of Land, YOR-ʿEU
Earth’s geographic history has been one marked by significant overall change, with ice ages, continental drift, and other major disruptions ultimately shaping Earth's land into the landscape of mountain ranges, deserts, islands, and volcanoes that we see today.
Physical Geography of Land Encyclopedia Articles By Title
Yorke Peninsula, promontory of the south coast of South Australia, between Spencer Gulf to the west and Gulf St.......
Yucatán Peninsula, a northeastern projection of Central America, lying between the Gulf of Mexico to the west and......
Yungang caves, series of magnificent Chinese Buddhist cave temples, created in the 5th century ce during the Six......
Zacynthus, island, southernmost and third largest of the Ionian Islands (Modern Greek: Iónia Nisiá) of Greece,......
Zamboanga Peninsula, long semicircular peninsula of western Mindanao, Philippines, extending southwesterly toward......
Zanzibar, island in the Indian Ocean, lying 22 miles (35 km) off the coast of east-central Africa. In 1964 Zanzibar,......
Zavaritzki caldera, wide caldera volcano with a summit of 2,008 feet (612 meters) located on Simushir Island in......
Zealand, largest and most populous island of Denmark, lying between the Kattegat and the Baltic Sea, separated......
Zion, in the Old Testament, the easternmost of the two hills of ancient Jerusalem. It was the site of the Jebusite......
Zoji, pass across the Himalayas in the Indian-administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, in the northern......
Ándros, island, perifereiakí enótita (regional unit), and dímos (municipality), South Aegean (Modern Greek Nótio......
Éfaté, main island of Vanuatu, in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It is volcanic in origin and occupies an area......
Épi, island of Vanuatu, in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It is volcanic in origin and is 27 miles (43 km) long......
Öland, island and landskap (province) in the Baltic Sea, län (county) of Kalmar, Sweden. It is connected to Kalmar......
Østerdalen, narrow valley, Hedmark fylke (county), southeastern Norway. It extends in a general north-south direction......
ʿAbd al-Kūrī, island in the Indian Ocean, about 65 miles (105 km) southwest of Socotra. Although the island belongs......
Wadi Al-ʿArabah, topographic depression in southern Palestine extending about 100 miles (160 km) south from the......
ʿEn Gedi, oasis, archaeological site, and kibbutz (communal settlement) in southeastern Israel on the west bank......
ʿEua, volcanic and limestone island in the Tongatapu Group of Tonga, southwestern Pacific Ocean. The second largest......