word | | Geography - note |
| central | 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 ... |
| Central | Belize | only country in Central America without a coastline on the North Pacific Ocean |
| central | British Indian Ocean Territory | archipelago of 55 islands; Diego Garcia, largest and southernmost island, occupies strategic location in central Indian Ocean; island is site of joint US-UK military facility |
| Central | Cayman Islands | important location between Cuba and Central America |
| central | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | ... 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; second largest country in Africa (after Algeria |
| central | Czech Republic | landlocked; strategically located astride some of oldest and most significant land routes in Europe; Moravian Gate is a traditional military corridor between the North European Plain and the Danube in central Europe |
| Central | El Salvador | smallest Central American country and only one without a coastline on Caribbean Sea |
| central | Italy | strategic location dominating central Mediterranean as well as southern sea and air approaches to Western Europe |
| central | Lithuania | fertile central plains are separated by hilly uplands that are ancient glacial deposits |
| Central | Macedonia | landlocked; major transportation corridor from Western and Central Europe to Aegean Sea and Southern Europe to Western Europe |
| central | Mali | landlocked; divided into three natural zones: the southern, cultivated Sudanese; the central, semiarid Sahelian; and the northern, arid Saharan |
| central | Mozambique | the Zambezi flows through the north-central and most fertile part of the country |
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