word | | Geography - note |
| volcano | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | ... India (Iles Eparses): the atoll is a circular reef that sits atop a long-extinct, submerged volcano Europa Island and Juan de Nova Island (Iles Eparses): wildlife sanctuary for seabirds and sea ... |
| volcanoes | Costa Rica | four volcanoes, two of them active, rise near the capital of San Jose in the center of the country; one of the volcanoes, Irazu, erupted destructively in 1963-65 |
| volcanoes | Heard Island and McDonald Islands | ... meters, it is taller than Mt. Kosciuszko in Australia proper), and one of only two active volcanoes located in Australian territory, the other being McDonald Island; in 1992, McDonald Island broke its ... |
| volcanoes | Sao Tome and Principe | the smallest country in Africa; the two main islands form part of a chain of extinct volcanoes and both are mountainous |
| volcanoes | Vanuatu | a Y-shaped chain of four main islands and 80 smaller islands; several of the islands have active volcanoes |
| Volta | Ghana | Lake Volta is the world's largest artificial lake |
| Voltas | Burkina Faso | landlocked savanna cut by the three principal rivers of the Black, Red, and White Voltas |
| volume | Ethiopia | ... Eritrea on 24 May 1993; 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 ... |
| Wakhan | Afghanistan | landlocked; the Hindu Kush mountains that run northeast to southwest divide the northern provinces from the rest of the country; the highest peaks are in the northern Vakhan (Wakhan Corridor) |
| War | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | islands are thickly covered with coconut palms and other vegetation; site of a World War I naval battle in November 1914 between the Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney and the German raider ... |
| War | Marshall Islands | ... the Marshall Islands Bikini and Enewetak are former US nuclear test sites; Kwajalein, the famous World War II battleground, is used as a US missile test range; island city of Ebeye is ... |
| War | Palau | westernmost archipelago in the Caroline chain, consists of six island groups totaling more than 300 islands; includes World War II battleground of Beliliou (Peleliu) and world-famous rock islands |
| warmer | Southern Ocean | ... the Antarctic Circumpolar Current that separates the cold polar surface waters to the south from the warmer waters to the north; the Front and the Current extend entirely around Antarctica, reaching south ... |
| wasteland | Djibouti | strategic location near world's busiest shipping lanes and close to Arabian oilfields; terminus of rail traffic into Ethiopia; mostly wasteland; Lac Assal (Lake Assal) is the lowest point in Africa |
| water | Chad | landlocked; Lake Chad is the most significant water body in the Sahel |
| water | Ethiopia | ... of Eritrea on 24 May 1993; 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 ... |
| water | Philippines | ... is made up of 7,107 islands; favorably located in relation to many of Southeast Asia's main water bodies: the South China Sea, Philippine Sea, Sulu Sea, Celebes Sea, and Luzon Strait |
| water | World | ... 13.7-billion-year age estimated for the universeGeographic overviewThe surface of the earth is approximately 70.9% water and 29.1% land. The former portion is divided into large water bodies termed oceans. Exxun.com ... |
| water | Zimbabwe | landlocked; the Zambezi forms a natural riverine boundary with Zambia; in full flood (February-April) the massive Victoria Falls on the river forms the world's largest curtain of falling water |
| watered | Puerto Rico | ... of the biggest and best natural harbors in the Caribbean; many small rivers and high central mountains ensure land is well watered; south coast relatively dry; fertile coastal plain belt in north |
| watered | Uganda | landlocked; fertile, well-watered country with many lakes and rivers |
| waterfall | Venezuela | on major sea and air routes linking North and South America; Angel Falls in the Guiana Highlands is the world's highest waterfall |
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