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