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Geography (1,202 articles)

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See also: Earth science.

Total 1,202 articles.

Class #Articles
  B 446
  C 482
  Start 210
  FGAN 139
  FA 23
  DGA 77
  GA 41
  FFA 49
  FFAC 2

Basics (36 articles)

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General (3 articles)

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  1.   Geography (Level 2)
  2.   Country (Level 2)
  3.   Exploration

Continents (9 articles)

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  1.   Eurasia
    1.     Europe (Level 2)
    2.   Asia (Level 2)
  2.   Africa (Level 2)
  3.   Americas
    1.   North America (Level 2)
    2.     South America (Level 2)
  4.   Antarctica (Level 3)
  5.   Australia (continent)

Cartography (15 articles)

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  1.   Cartography
  2.   Map (Level 3)
  3.     Map projection
    1.   Mercator projection
  4.   Atlas
  5.   Globe
  6.   Border
  7.   Surveying
  8.   Geographic coordinate system
    1.   Elevation
    2.   Latitude
    3.   Longitude
  9.   Geodetic datum
  10.   Geoid
  11.   Remote sensing

Earth (10 articles)

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  1.   Equator
  2.   Tropic of Cancer
  3.   Tropic of Capricorn
  4.   Arctic Circle
  5.   Antarctic Circle
  6.   North Pole
  7.   South Pole
  8.   Prime meridian
  9.   International Date Line

Urban studies and planning (16 articles)

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  1.     City (Level 2)
    1.   Capital city
  2.   City block
  3.   Downtown
  4.   Ghetto
  5.   Industrial park
  6.   Neighbourhood
  7.   Rural area
  8.   Slum
  9.   Suburb
  10.   Town
  11.   Village
  12.   Urban planning
  13.   Urban design
  14.     Urbanization
  15.   Zoning

Oceans and seas (55 articles)

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  1.     Atlantic Ocean (Level 3)
    1.   Baltic Sea
    2.   Bay of Biscay
    3.   Black Sea
    4.   Caribbean Sea
    5.   Gulf of Guinea
    6.   Gulf of Mexico
      1.     Gulf Stream
    7.   Gulf of St. Lawrence
    8.     Irish Sea
    9.   Labrador Sea
    10.   Mediterranean Sea (Level 3)
      1.   Adriatic Sea
      2.   Aegean Sea
      3.   Ionian Sea
    11.     North Sea
    12.   Norwegian Sea
    13.   Sargasso Sea
    14.   Sea of Azov
    15.   Sea of Marmara
  2.   Pacific Ocean (Level 3)
    1.   Gulf of Alaska
    2.   Bering Sea
    3.   Gulf of California
    4.   Gulf of Carpentaria
    5.   Coral Sea
    6.   East China Sea
    7.   Sea of Japan
    8.   Sea of Okhotsk
    9.   Philippine Sea
    10.   Seto Inland Sea
    11.   South China Sea
    12.   Tasman Sea
    13.   Gulf of Thailand
    14.   Yellow Sea
  3.   Indian Ocean (Level 3)
    1.   Andaman Sea
    2.   Arabian Sea
    3.   Bay of Bengal
    4.   Persian Gulf
    5.   Red Sea
    6.   Timor Sea
  4.   Arctic Ocean (Level 3)
    1.   Baffin Bay
    2.   Barents Sea
    3.   Beaufort Sea
    4.   Greenland Sea
    5.   Hudson Bay
    6.   Kara Sea
    7.   White Sea
  5.   Southern Ocean (Level 3)
    1.   Great Australian Bight
    2.   Ross Sea
    3.   Scotia Sea
    4.   Weddell Sea

Africa (X articles)

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North Africa (X articles)

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  1.   North Africa
    1.       Morocco
      1.   Atlas Mountains
      2.     Western Sahara
      3. Cities
        1.   Casablanca
        2.   Rabat
        3.   Fez
        4.   Marrakesh