Geography — Know Your World

World's largest river by water volume; drains 40% of South America

India's remote island chain in the Bay of Bengal; rich in tribes and coral reefs

Earth's largest desert by area — 14.2 million km² of ice and cold

Ancient eastern USA range; one of the world's oldest mountain systems

World's 4th largest desert; covers most of the Arabian Peninsula

Ancient trade route connecting India, Arabia and East Africa

World's smallest and shallowest ocean; covered in sea ice that is rapidly shrinking

World's driest non-polar desert; some weather stations have never recorded rain

Second-largest ocean; the bridge between the Old World and the New World

World's largest bay; receives rivers from the Himalayas and drives the monsoon

Capital of China for 700+ years; Forbidden City at its heart

Germany's reunified capital; once divided by the Cold War's most famous wall

One of Asia's mightiest rivers; flows through Tibet, India and Bangladesh

Brazil's futuristic planned capital; built in just 41 months

Australia's capital; a planned city chosen as compromise between Sydney and Melbourne

Africa's mightiest river; world's deepest river at over 220 m

India's vast volcanic plateau; shaped the subcontinent's history and economy

India's eastern highland corridor; discontinuous hills running along the Bay of Bengal coast

India's most sacred river; sustains 400 million people along its banks

Asia's largest desert; land of dinosaur fossils and Mongolian steppes

World's largest seasonal salt marsh; a landscape that transforms between seasons

Third-largest ocean; warmest ocean on Earth; vital trade route from East to West

Ancient river of civilisation; gave India its name and fed the Indus Valley people

India's smallest Union Territory; 36 coral islands with pristine lagoons

Cradle of Western civilisation; ancient highway linking three continents

USA's greatest river; drains 31 US states and 2 Canadian provinces

Russia's capital; Europe's largest city spanning two continents

Africa's highest peak; free-standing volcanic mountain rising from the savannah

Kenya's capital; only capital city in the world with a national park inside it

Capital of India; one of the world's most populous capital cities

Seven states of extraordinary biodiversity, culture and geographic uniqueness

Canada's capital; chosen by Queen Victoria to balance French and English Canada

Earth's largest ocean; covers more area than all land on Earth combined

World's northernmost national capital; Iceland's cultural and geothermal hub

World's longest river at 6,650 km; civilisation's cradle in northeast Africa

North America's backbone; stretches 4,800 km from Canada to New Mexico

World's largest hot desert; 9.2 million km² of sand, rock and sky

World's largest mangrove forest; home of the Royal Bengal Tiger

South Asia's great desert; world's most densely populated desert

Europe's great mountain wall; birthplace of modern mountaineering

World's longest mountain range at 7,000 km; spine of South America

World's highest mountain range; home to 10 of the 14 eight-thousanders

Natural boundary between Europe and Asia; one of Earth's oldest mountain ranges

Ancient hills dividing North and South India — the cultural watershed of the subcontinent

Capital of the USA; built from scratch as a planned federal district

India's biodiversity treasure; UNESCO World Heritage mountain chain

Asia's longest river; China's economic lifeline from Tibet to the sea