word | | Geography - note |
| Channel | Madagascar | world's fourth-largest island; strategic location along Mozambique Channel |
| channel | Saint Kitts and Nevis | ... a baseball bat and ball, the two volcanic islands are separated by a 3-km-wide channel called The Narrows; on the southern tip of long, baseball bat-shaped Saint Kitts lies ... |
| Channel | United Kingdom | ... North Atlantic sea lanes; only 35 km from France and linked by tunnel under the English Channel; because of heavily indented coastline, no location is more than 125 km from tidal waters |
| characterized | Liberia | facing the Atlantic Ocean, the coastline is characterized by lagoons, mangrove swamps, and river-deposited sandbars; the inland grassy plateau supports limited agriculture |
| chief | Ethiopia | ... lost with the de jure independence 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 ... |
| Chile | Brazil | largest country in South America; shares common boundaries with every South American country except Chile and Ecuador |
| China | Bhutan | landlocked; strategic location between China and India; controls several key Himalayan mountain passes |
| China | Brunei | close to vital sea lanes through South China Sea linking Indian and Pacific Oceans; two parts physically separated by Malaysia; almost an enclave within Malaysia |
| China | Korea, North | strategic location bordering China, South Korea, and Russia; mountainous interior is isolated and sparsely populated |
| China | Malaysia | strategic location along Strait of Malacca and southern South China Sea |
| China | Mongolia | landlocked; strategic location between China and Russia |
| China | Nepal | landlocked; strategic location between China and India; contains eight of world's 10 highest peaks, including Mount Everest and Kanchenjunga - the world's tallest and third tallest - on the borders with China ... |