word | | Geography - note |
| Dutch | Saint Martin | the island of Saint Martin is the smallest landmass in the World shared by two independent states, the French territory of Saint Martin and the Dutch territory of Sint Maarten |
| 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 | ... as well as 42 sites in the Golan Heights, 0 in the Gaza Strip, and 29 in East Jerusalem (July 2008 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 |