word | | Geography - note |
| harbors | Benin | sandbanks create difficult access to a coast with no natural harbors, river mouths, or islands |
| harbors | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | deeply indented coast provides good natural harbors; short growing season |
| harbors | Guatemala | no natural harbors on west coast |
| harbors | Malta | ... largest islands (Malta, Ghawdex or Gozo, and Kemmuna or Comino) being inhabited; numerous bays provide good harbors; Malta and Tunisia are discussing the commercial exploitation of the continental shelf between their countries ... |
| harbors | Puerto Rico | ... shipping lane to the Panama Canal; San Juan is one of the biggest and best natural harbors in the Caribbean; many small rivers and high central mountains ensure land is well watered ... |
| harbors | Saint Helena | Saint Helena harbors at least 40 species of plants unknown elsewhere in the world; Ascension is a breeding ground for sea turtles and sooty terns; Queen Mary's Peak on Tristan da ... |
| harbors | Virgin Islands | important location along the Anegada Passage - a key shipping lane for the Panama Canal; Saint Thomas has one of the best natural deepwater harbors in the Caribbean |
| hard | Solomon Islands | ... WNW of the capital Honiara; the resulting tsunami devastated coastal areas of Western and Choiseul provinces with dozens of deaths and thousands dislocated; the provincial capital of Gizo was especially hard hit |
| Hayk | Ethiopia | ... the Blue Nile, the chief headstream of the Nile by water volume, rises in T'ana Hayk (Lake Tana) in northwest Ethiopia; three major crops are believed to have originated in Ethiopia ... |
| head | Iraq | strategic location on Shatt al Arab waterway and at the head of the Persian Gulf |
| head | Jordan | strategic location at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba and as the Arab country that shares the longest border with Israel and the occupied West Bank |
| head | Kuwait | strategic location at head of Persian Gulf |
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