Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. This is enabled by Earth being an ocean world, the only one in the Solar System sustaining liquid surfa…
Eurasia (/j ʊəˈr eɪ ʒ ə / yoor-AY -zhə, also UK: /-ʃ ə / -shə) is the largest continental area on Earth, comprising all of Europe and Asia. According to some geographers, physiographically, Eurasi…
A citadel is the most fortified area of a town or city. It may be a castle, fortress, or fortified center. The term is a diminutive of city, meaning "little city", because it is a smaller part of t…
A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a narrow landform, such as reefs, barrier islands, barrier peninsulas, or isthmuses. Lagoons are commonly divided into c…
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A canton is a type of administrative division of a country. In general, cantons are relatively small in terms of area and population when compared with other administrative divisions such as counti…
Zalana is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.ZalanaCommuneThe church of the Annunciation, before restoration, in A BelfascaLocation of ZalanaZalanaShow map o…