Cyprus
Republic. Mediation efforts by the UN seek to reunify the Greek and Turkish areas of the island under one federated system of government.
Cuba
The largest island of the West Indies group. Cuba is also the westernmost—just west of Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and 145 km south of Key West, Fla., at the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico.
Croatia
Croatia is a former Yugoslav republic on the Adriatic Sea. Part of Croatia is a barren, rocky region lying in the Dinaric Alps.
Costa Rica
This Central American country lies between Nicaragua to the north and Panama to the south. It has a narrow Pacific coastal region.
Republic Of The Congo
The Congo is situated in west central Africa astride the equator. Most of the inland is tropical rain forest, drained by tributaries of the Congo River.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Congo, in west-central Africa. The principal rivers are the Ubangi and Bomu in the north and the Congo in the west, which flows into the Atlantic.
Comoros
The Comoros Islands—Grande Comore (Ngazidja), Anjouan, Mohéli, and Mayotte (which is not part of the country and retains ties to France)—constitute an archipelago of volcanic origin in the Indian Ocean, 190 mi off the coast of Mozambique.
Colombia
Colombia is bordered on the northwest by Panama, on the east by Venezuela and Brazil, and on the southwest by Peru and Ecuador. Through the western half of the country, three Andean ranges run north and south. The eastern half is a low, jungle-covered plain, drained by spurs of the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers, inhabited mostly by isolated tropical- forest Indian tribes.
China
The greater part of the country is mountainous. Its principal ranges are the Tien Shan, the Kunlun chain, and the Trans-Himalaya.
Chile
Situated south of Peru and west of Bolivia and Argentina, Chile fills a narrow 4,506 km strip between the Andes and the Pacific. One-third of Chile is covered by the towering ranges of the Andes.
Chad
A landlocked country in northcentral Africa. Lake Chad, from which the country gets its name, lies on the western border with Niger and Nigeria.
Central African Republic
Situated about 500 mi (805 km) north of the equator, the Central African Republic is a landlocked nation. The Ubangi and the Shari are the largest of many rivers.
Cape Verde
Cape Verde, is an archipelago in the Atlantic 385 mi (500 km) west of Senegal. The islands are divided into two groups:
Canada
Canada is a federation of ten provinces. Formally considered a constitutional monarchy, Canada is governed by its own House of Commons.
Cameroon
Cameroon is a Central African nation on the Gulf of Guinea, bordered by Nigeria, Chad, the Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon.
Cambodia
Situated on the Indochinese peninsula, Cambodia is bordered by Thailand and Laos on the north and Vietnam on the east and south. The country consists chiefly of a large alluvial plain ringed by mountains and on the east is the Mekong River.
Burundi
Wedged between Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda in east-central Africa, Burundi occupies a high plateau divided by several deep valleys.
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso, formerly known as Upper Volta, is a landlocked country in West Africa. The country consists of extensive plains, low hills, high savannas, and a desert area in the north.
Bulgaria
Bulgaria shares borders with Serbia, Macedonia, Romania, Greece, and Turkey. Two mountain ranges and two great valleys mark the topography of Bulgaria, situated on the Black Sea. The Maritsa is Bulgaria’s principal river, and the Danube also flows through the country.
Brunei
Brunei is an independent sultanate on the northwest coast of the island of Borneo in the South China Sea, wedged between the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak.
Brazil
Brazil covers nearly half of South America and is the continent’s largest nation. It extends 4,772 km north-south, 4,331 km east-west, and borders every nation on the continent except Chile and Ecuador.
Botswana
Most of the country is neardesert, with the Kalahari occupying the western part of the country. The eastern part is hilly, with salt lakes in the north.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina make up a triangular-shaped republic, on the Balkan peninsula. The Bosnian region in the north is mountainous and covered with thick forests.
Bolivia
Landlocked by neighbors, Brazil forms its eastern border; its other neighbors are Peru and Chile on the west and Argentina and Paraguay on the south. The western part, enclosed by two chains of the Andes, is a great plateau—the Altiplano, with an average altitude of 3,658 m. Almost half the population lives on the plateau, which contains Oruro, PotosÃ, and La Paz.
Bhutan
Mountainous Bhutan, is situated on the southeast slope of the Himalayas, bordered on the north and east by Tibet and on the south and west and east by India. The landscape consists of a succession of lofty and rugged mountains and deep valleys.
Benin
This West African nation on the Gulf of Guinea, between Togo on the west and Nigeria on the east. The land consists of a narrow coastal strip that rises to a swampy, forested plateau and then to highlands in the north.
Belize
Belize is situated on the Caribbean Sea, south of Mexico and east and north of Guatemala in Central America. Most of the country is heavily forested with various hardwoods.
Belgium
Located in western Europe, Belgium has about 40 mi of seacoast on the North Sea, at the Strait of Dover. The Meuse and the Schelde, Belgium’s principal rivers, are important commercial arteries.
Belarus
Much of Belarus (formerly the Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic of the USSR, and then Byelorussia) is a hilly lowland with forests, swamps, and numerous rivers and lakes. There are wide rivers, forests cover over one-third of the land and its peat marshes are a valuable natural resource.
Barbados
An island in the Atlantic about 483 km north of Venezuela, Barbados is only 34 Km long and 23 Km across at its widest point. It is circled by fine beaches and narrow coastal plains.
