World geography
Geography explains why places are where they are: why deserts sit at certain latitudes, why cities grow at river mouths, and why some borders follow rivers while others follow straight lines. This course covers the physical planet first, then the human patterns laid over it.
What you'll learn
10 chapters, then the quiz
- 01Continents and oceansThe basic divisions.
- 02Why the map looks like thisPlates in slow motion.
- 03Climate zonesLatitude, altitude, ocean.
- 04Rivers and waterWhere people settle.
- 05LandformsMountains, deserts, ice.
- 06Where people liveDensity and cities.
- 07Borders and countriesLines with histories.
- 08ResourcesWhat the ground holds.
- 09Regions of the worldA quick tour.
- 10A changing mapGeography is not fixed.
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