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geography

(Encyclopedia)geography, the science of place, i.e., the study of the surface of the earth, the location and distribution of its physical and cultural features, the areal patterns or places that they form, and the ...

California

(Encyclopedia)CE5 California kălˌĭfôrˈnyə [key], most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), a...

physical geography

(Encyclopedia)physical geography: see geography. ...

Alta California

(Encyclopedia)Alta California älˈtə kălˌĭfôrˈnyə [key], term used by the Spanish to refer to their possessions along the entire Pacific coast north of the Mexican state of Baja California. California was o...

Lower California

(Encyclopedia)Lower California: see Baja California. ...

California, Lower

(Encyclopedia)California, Lower: see Baja California, peninsula. ...

California poppy

(Encyclopedia)California poppy: see poppy.

America, in geography

(Encyclopedia)America [for Amerigo Vespucci], the lands of the Western Hemisphere—North America, Central (or Middle) America, and South America. The world map published in 1507 by Martin Waldseemüller is the fir...

antipodes, in geography

(Encyclopedia)antipodes [Gr.,=having feet opposite], people or places diametrically opposite on the globe. Thus antipodes must be separated by half the circumference of the earth (180°), and one must be as far nor...

atlas, in geography

(Encyclopedia)atlas, in geography, collection of maps or charts. It usually includes data on various features of a country, e.g., its topography, natural resources, climate, and population, as well as its agricultu...