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European Union |
fairly flat along the Baltic and Atlantic coast; mountainous in the central and southern areas |
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Gambia, The |
flood plain of the Gambia River flanked by some low hills |
flood plain of the Gambia river flanked by some low hills |
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Macedonia |
mountainous territory covered with deep basins and valleys; three large lakes, each divided by a frontier line; country bisected by the Vardar River |
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Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of |
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mountainous territory covered with deep basins and valleys; three large lakes, each divided by a frontier line; country bisected by the Vardar River |
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Micronesia, Federated States of |
islands vary geologically from high mountainous islands to low, coral atolls; volcanic outcroppings on Pohnpei, Kosrae, and Chuuk |
islands vary geologically from high mountainous islands to low, coral atolls; volcanic outcroppings on Pohnpei, Kosrae, and Truk |
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Montserrat |
volcanic island, mostly mountainous, with small coastal lowland |
volcanic islands, mostly mountainous, with small coastal lowland |
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Puerto Rico |
mostly mountains with coastal plain belt in north; mountains precipitous to sea on west coast; sandy beaches along most coastal areas |
mostly mountains, with coastal plain belt in north; mountains precipitous to sea on west coast; sandy beaches along most coastal areas |
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Samoa |
two main islands (Savaii, Upolu) and several smaller islands and uninhabited islets; narrow coastal plain with volcanic, rocky, rugged mountains in interior |
narrow coastal plain with volcanic, rocky, rugged mountains in interior |
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Slovenia |
a short coastal strip on the Adriatic, an alpine mountain region adjacent to Italy and Austria, mixed mountains and valleys with numerous rivers to the east |
a short coastal strip on the Adriatic, an alpine mountain region adjacent to Italy and Austria, mixed mountain and valleys with numerous rivers to the east |
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Southern Ocean |
the Southern Ocean is deep, 4,000 to 5,000 meters over most of its extent with only limited areas of shallow water; the Antarctic continental shelf is generally narrow and unusually deep, its edge lying at depths of 400 to 800 meters (the global mean is 133 meters); the Antarctic icepack grows from an average minimum of 2.6 million square kilometers in March to about 18.8 million square kilometers in September, better than a sixfold increase in area; the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (21,000 km in length) moves perpetually eastward; it is the world's largest ocean current, transporting 130 million cubic meters of water per second - 100 times the flow of all the world's rivers |
the Southern Ocean is deep, 4,000 to 5,000 meters over most of its extent with only limited areas of shallow water; the Antarctic continental shelf is generally narrow and unusually deep - its edge lying at depths of 400 to 800 meters (the global mean is 133 meters); the Antarctic icepack grows from an average minimum of 2.6 million square kilometers in March to about 18.8 million square kilometers in September, better than a sixfold increase in area; the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (21,000 km in length) moves perpetually eastward; it is the world's largest ocean current, transporting 130 million cubic meters of water per second - 100 times the flow of all the world's rivers |
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Sudan |
generally flat, featureless plain; mountains in far south, northeast and west; desert dominates the north |
generally flat, featureless plain; mountains in east and west |
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Turkey |
high central plateau (Anatolia); narrow coastal plain; several mountain ranges |
mostly mountains; narrow coastal plain; high central plateau (Anatolia) |
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Vanuatu |
mostly mountainous islands of volcanic origin; narrow coastal plains |
mostly mountains of volcanic origin; narrow coastal plains |