word | | Geography - note |
| five | French Polynesia | includes five archipelagoes (four volcanic, one coral); Makatea in French Polynesia is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean - the others are Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati ... |
| five | Holy See (Vatican City) | ... Lateran Treaty of 1929 grants the Holy See extraterritorial authority over 23 sites in Rome and five outside of Rome, including the Pontifical Palace at Castel Gandolfo (the Pope's summer residence |
| five | World | ... land. The former portion is divided into large water bodies termed oceans. Exxun.com recognizes and describes five oceans, which are in decreasing order of size: the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean ... |
| flat | Aruba | a flat, riverless island renowned for its white sand beaches; its tropical climate is moderated by constant trade winds from the Atlantic Ocean; the temperature is almost constant at about 27 degrees ... |
| flat | Estonia | the mainland terrain is flat, boggy, and partly wooded; offshore lie more than 1,500 islands |
| flat | Poland | historically, an area of conflict because of flat terrain and the lack of natural barriers on the North European Plain |
| flatness | Belarus | landlocked; glacial scouring accounts for the flatness of Belarusian terrain and for its 11,000 lakes |
| flightless | Mauritius | ... volcanic origin and is almost entirely surrounded by coral reefs; home of the dodo, a large flightless bird related to pigeons, driven to extinction by the end of the 17th century through ... |
| flights | Wake Island | strategic location in the North Pacific Ocean; emergency landing location for transpacific flights |
| floating | Arctic Ocean | ... 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 in March or April ... |
| flood | 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; Lake ... |
| flora | Dominica | known as "The Nature Island of the Caribbean" due to its spectacular, lush, and varied flora and fauna, which are protected by an extensive natural park system; the most mountainous of the ... |
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