word | | Geography - note |
| early | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | the north coast of South Georgia has several large bays, which provide good anchorage; reindeer, introduced early in the 20th century, live on South Georgia |
| Earth | Tuvalu | one of the smallest and most remote countries on Earth; six of the nine coral atolls - Nanumea, Nui, Vaitupu, Nukufetau, Funafuti, and Nukulaelae - have lagoons open to the ocean; Nanumaya and Niutao ... |
| earth | World | ... one-third of the 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 ... |
| earthquake | Solomon Islands | ... South Pacific Ocean, the Solomon Sea, and the Coral Sea; on 2 April 2007 an undersea earthquake measuring 8.1 on the Richter scale occurred 345 km WNW of the capital Honiara, the ... |
| easily | Austria | landlocked; strategic location at the crossroads of central Europe with many easily traversable Alpine passes and valleys; major river is the Danube; population is concentrated on eastern lowlands because of steep slopes ... |
| easily | Romania | controls most easily traversable land route between the Balkans, Moldova, and Ukraine |
| east | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ... territory); the region called Herzegovina is contiguous to Croatia and Montenegro, and traditionally has been settled by an ethnic Croat majority in the west and an ethnic Serb majority in the east |
| East | Bulgaria | strategic location near Turkish Straits; controls key land routes from Europe to Middle East and Asia |
| east | Georgia | strategically located east of the Black Sea; Georgia controls much of the Caucasus Mountains and the routes through them |
| East | Israel | ... West Bank, 42 in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, 0 in the Gaza Strip, and 29 in East Jerusalem (August 2005 est.); Lake Tiberias (Sea of Galilee) is an important freshwater source |
| east | Latvia | most of the country is composed of fertile, low-lying plains, with some hills in the east |
| East | Lebanon | Nahr el Litani is the only major river in Near East not crossing an international boundary; rugged terrain historically helped isolate, protect, and develop numerous factional groups based on religion, clan, and ... |
| East | Serbia | controls one of the major land routes from Western Europe to Turkey and the Near East |
| East | Timor-Leste | Timor comes from the Malay word for "East"; the island of Timor is part of the Malay Archipelago and is the largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands |
| East | United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges | ... Sand Island are natural islands, which have been expanded by coral dredging; North Island (Akau) and East Island (Hikina) are manmade islands formed from coral dredging; the egg-shaped reef is 34 ... |
| East | West Bank | ... highlands are main recharge area for Israel's coastal aquifers; there are 242 West Bank settlements and 29 East Jerusalem settlements in addition to at least 20 occupied outposts (August 2005 est |
| eastern | Arctic Ocean | ... Bering Strait); strategic location between North America and Russia; shortest marine link between the extremes of eastern and western Russia; floating research stations operated by the US and Russia; maximum snow cover ... |
| eastern | Australia | world's smallest continent but sixth-largest country; population concentrated along the eastern and southeastern coasts; the invigorating sea breeze known as the "Fremantle Doctor" affects the city of Perth on the ... |
| eastern | Austria | ... of central Europe with many easily traversable Alpine passes and valleys; major river is the Danube; population is concentrated on eastern lowlands because of steep slopes, poor soils, and low temperatures elsewhere |
| Eastern | Bahrain | close to primary Middle Eastern petroleum sources; strategic location in Persian Gulf, through which much of the Western world's petroleum must transit to reach open ocean |
| eastern | Botswana | landlocked; population concentrated in eastern part of the country |
| eastern | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | straddles equator; has narrow strip of land that controls the lower Congo River and is only outlet to South Atlantic Ocean; dense tropical rain forest in central river basin and eastern highlands |
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