Columbia Gazetteer of the World

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Names, descriptions, and characteristics of over 165,000 places in the world. These entry categories indicate the scope, coverage, and amount of information contained in the Gazetteer:

The political world – major geographic regions, counties, provinces, regions, states, districts, capitals, cities, town, villages, neighborhoods, special districts
The physical world – continents, oceans, seas, gulfs, lakes, lagoons, rivers, bays, inlets, channels, streams, islands, archipelagos, peninsulas, atolls, mountains, mountain ranges, canyons, deserts, valleys, glaciers, volcanoes
Special places – national parks, reserves and monuments, historic and archeological sites, resorts, airports, ports, dams, nuclear plants, mines, canals, shopping malls, theme parks, stadia, military bases, fortified lines, mythic places

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Related Resources:

Also available in print: Ref G103.5 .C645 2008. See also these online Credo Reference titles: CIA World Factbook, The Collins World Atlas Gazetteer, Merriam-Webster’s Geographical Dictionary, Penguin Encyclopedia of Places

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