Mtkvari River
Basin in the east; good soils in river valley flood plains,
foothills of Kolkhida Lowland
Germany:
lowlands in north, uplands in center, Bavarian Alps in south
Ghana:
mostly low plains with dissected plateau in south-central area
Gibraltar:
a narrow coastal lowland borders the Rock of Gibraltar
Glorioso Islands:
low and flat
Greece:
mostly mountains with ranges extending into the sea as
peninsulas or chains of islands
Greenland:
flat to gradually sloping icecap covers all but a narrow,
mountainous, barren, rocky coast
Grenada:
volcanic in origin with central mountains
Guadeloupe:
Basse-Terre is volcanic in origin with interior
mountains; Grande-Terre is low limestone formation; most of the
seven other islands are volcanic in origin
Guam:
volcanic origin, surrounded by coral reefs; relatively flat
coralline limestone plateau (source of most fresh water), with steep
coastal cliffs and narrow coastal plains in north, low-rising hills
in center, mountains in south
Guatemala:
mostly mountains with narrow coastal plains and rolling
limestone plateau (Peten)
Guernsey:
mostly level with low hills in southwest
Guinea:
generally flat coastal plain, hilly to mountainous interior
Guinea-Bissau:
mostly low coastal plain rising to savanna in east
Guyana:
mostly rolling highlands; low coastal plain; savanna in south
Haiti:
mostly rough and mountainous
Heard Island and McDonald Islands:
Heard Island - bleak and
mountainous, with a quiescent volcano; McDonald Islands - small and
rocky
Holy See (Vatican City):
low hill
Honduras:
mostly mountains in interior, narrow coastal plains
Hong Kong:
hilly to mountainous with steep slopes; lowlands in north
Howland Island:
low-lying, nearly level, sandy, coral island
surrounded by a narrow fringing reef; depressed central area
Hungary:
mostly flat to rolling plains; hills and low mountains on
the Slovakian border
Iceland:
mostly plateau interspersed with mountain peaks, icefields;
coast deeply indented by bays and fiords
India:
upland plain (Deccan Plateau) in south, flat to rolling plain
along the Ganges, deserts in west, Himalayas in north
Indian Ocean:
surface dominated by counterclockwise gyre (broad,
circular system of currents) in the southern Indian Ocean; unique
reversal of surface currents in the northern Indian Ocea
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