Peninsula is a piece of land which is almost surrounded by water but connected from one side to larger mass of land. The best example to understand a peninsula is the state of Florida, United States which protrudes out from main land north America into Atlantic Ocean.…
The Following list illustrates the grouping of Countries and Regions of the World. Some groupings are official and have their official headquarters while others are coinages by some economist to capture the investment fads of times. Some grouping of countries…
Following list represents the neighbouring countries of different Asian Countries – Details of Neighbouring Countries of Different Asian Countries Neighbouring Countries of Afghanistan There are 6 neighbouring countries of Afghanistan. They are Pakistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and China. It…
Continuous series of mountains which form a chain are called Mountain Ranges. Following list shows the details of biggest Mountain Ranges of World in descending order of their length. Longest Mountain Ranges of World : Andes Length – 7000 Km…
What is a Strait ? A strait is natural narrow water way that connects two large water bodies. In other words it can be also be defined as a thin channel of water way which separates comparatively two enormous water…
Countries that lies in both Hemispheres of North and South There are 13 countries in world that lies in both North and South Hemispheres. In other words these countries are intersected by Equator. These countries from East to West are…
This article is all about major islands, biggest islands, largest islands of world spread in different oceans and seas throughout the world. The list provides the names of 10 largest islands of the world in decreasing order of area. There…
This article is all about interesting, historical, rare, unknown, amazing facts about countries of world. Amazing Facts about countries in terms of Area and size Brazil is the largest country in South Hemisphere. Australia is the largest country that lies…
The list below explains various facts regarding longest land borders of different countries, total number of surrounding neighbouring countries, maximum shared land border length and least border length between two countries. This article also answers different questions like i) which…
The Earth’s polar axis does not coincide with vertical axis. Here vertical axis is assumed to be a line which is perpendicular to the orbital plane and passing through the centre of earth. The polar axis of Earth is tilted…