Historical Geography
81 geographical features
The rivers, mountains, seas, straits and deserts that shaped the birth and course of civilizations — each a feature of world history’s stage.
Rivers
- Amazon
- Amu Darya
- Congo
- Danube
- Euphrates
- Ganges
- Indus
- Mekong
- Mississippi
- Niger
- Nile
- Rhine
- Tigris
- Volga
- Yangtze
- Yellow River
Mountains
- Alps
- Andes
- Atlas Mountains
- Caucasus
- Himalayas
- Hindu Kush
- Mount Ararat
- Mount Everest
- Mount Kilimanjaro
- Rocky Mountains
- Taurus Mountains
- Tian Shan
- Ural Mountains
- Zagros
Seas
- Aegean Sea
- Arabian Sea
- Baltic Sea
- Black Sea
- Caribbean Sea
- Caspian Sea
- Mediterranean Sea
- North Sea
- Red Sea
- South China Sea
Straits
- Bab-el-Mandeb
- Bering Strait
- Bosporus
- Dardanelles
- English Channel
- Strait of Gibraltar
- Strait of Hormuz
- Strait of Magellan
- Strait of Malacca
Lakes
- Aral Sea
- Lake Baikal
- Lake Superior
- Lake Tanganyika
- Lake Titicaca
- Lake Van
- Lake Victoria
Deserts
- Arabian Desert
- Atacama
- Gobi
- Kalahari
- Karakum
- Namib
- Sahara
- Taklamakan
- Thar Desert
Peninsulas
- Anatolia
- Arabian Peninsula
- Iberian Peninsula
- Korean Peninsula
- Scandinavian Peninsula
Plateaus
- Anatolian Plateau
- Deccan Plateau
- Ethiopian Highlands
- Iranian Plateau
- Tibetan Plateau
Gulfs
- Bay of Bengal
- Gulf of Aden
- Gulf of Mexico
- Persian Gulf
Capes
- Cape Horn
- Cape of Good Hope