With over 170,000 entries, the "Columbia Gazetteer of the World" is
an authoritative A to Z encyclopedia of geographical places and
features. Whether you're looking for the ten highest mountain peaks
in North America, the major commercial crops in Brazil's economy,
all the rivers in Southeast Asia, the former name of the city of
Yangon, or the natural resources available in Sub-Saharan Africa,
the "Gazetteer" is the one-stop resource for all your information
needs.
First published in 1998, the "Gazetteer" now features new
entries and extensive revisions to reflect recent administrative
divisions in countries around the world. It also contains new maps,
population figures, and an expanded glossary of geographical and
geological terms. With its long history of accuracy and authority,
there is no other encyclopedia like "Gazetteer,"
The "Columbia Gazetteer" covers:
* The political world-countries, provinces, regions, states,
counties, capitals, cities, towns, villages, and neighborhoods.
* The physical world-continents, oceans, seas, lakes, lagoons,
rivers, bays, inlets, channels, and streams, along with islands,
archipelagos, peninsulas, atolls, mountains, mountain ranges,
canyons, deserts, valleys, and volcanoes.
* And special places-national parks and monuments, historic and
archaeological sites, harbors, ports, airports, nuclear plants,
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