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Basics and technical geography
[edit]This section contains 135 articles.
Basics
[edit]This section contains 80 articles.
Basics: General
[edit]This section contains 13 articles.
Geography (Level 2)
Exploration (Level 4)
Location
Scale (geography)
Territory
Bathymetry
Hypsometry
Continents and regions
[edit]This section contains 25 articles.
Region (Level 4)
Afro-Eurasia
Americas (Level 4)
Antarctica (Level 3)
Australia (continent) (Level 4)
Kerguelen Plateau
Zealandia
Geography by continent
[edit]This section contains 7 articles.
Geography of Africa
Geography of Antarctica
Geography of Asia
Geography of Australia
Geography of Europe
Geography of North America
Geography of South America
Earth
[edit]This section contains 27 articles.
Human geography
[edit]This section contains 15 articles.
Cultural spheres
[edit]This section contains 9 articles.
Technical geography
[edit]This section contains 55 articles.
Technical geography (Level 4)
Quantitative geography
Geodesy (Level 4)
Geographic information science
Geoinformatics
Geovisualization
Geostatistics
Statistical geography
Spatial analysis
Time geography
Cartography
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Cartography (Level 4)
Map (Level 3)
Map projection (Level 4)
Atlas (Level 4)
Cardinal direction (Level 4)
Terrain
Topography
Globe (Level 4)
Border (Level 4)
Surveying (Level 4)
Geographic coordinate system (Level 4)
Contour line
Geodetic datum (Level 4)
Geoid (Level 4)
Great circle
Remote sensing (Level 4)
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission