BriefWorld.net

The world, briefly.

Every country, continent, ocean, mountain, river, and desert — short, clear, and placed on the map. 746 entries and growing.

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Countries

Every country in the world, by continent.

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Water
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Regions

Continents, world subregions, and the cultural and physical regions geographers actually use.

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Landforms

Mountains, ranges, deserts, volcanoes, plateaus, canyons, and islands.

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Political & Historical

Unrecognized states, disputed lands, dependencies, and the countries and empires the map has lost.

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Cities

The great cities of the world, by continent.

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Landmarks

Holy sites, the wonders of the world, and the great monuments people cross the planet to see.

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Water

Lake Victoria

Africa's largest lake and a source of the Nile

Political & Historical

Donbas

Ukraine's eastern coal-and-steel heartland, mostly held by Russia and the crux of peace talks

Political & Historical

The Soviet Union

The world's largest state for seven decades, spanning 11 time zones and 15 republics

Landforms

Campi Flegrei

The restless caldera on the western edge of Naples, where the ground has risen more than 1.5 meters since 2005

Water

Victoria Falls

The largest sheet of falling water on Earth, where the Zambezi plunges into a chasm

Water

The Cape of Good Hope Route

The long way around Africa between Asia and Europe, revived by the Red Sea crisis and the 2026 Iran war