Panama
The Panama Canal bisects the isthmus at its narrowest and lowest point, allowing passage from the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Ocean. It is marked by a chain of mountains in the west, moderate hills in the interior, and a low range on the east coast.
Palestinian Proposed
The Palestinian Authority (PA), with Arafat its elected leader, took control of the newly non Israeli-occupied areas, assuming governmental duties in 1994.
Palau
The Palau island chain consists of about 200 islands located in the western Pacific Ocean, 528 mi (650 km) southeast of the Philippines. Only eight of the islands are permanently inhabited.
Pakistan
Pakistan is situated in the western part of the Indian subcontinent, with Afghanistan and Iran on the west, India on the east, and the Arabian Sea on the south. The Baluchistan Plateau lies to the west, and the Thar Desert and an expanse of alluvial plains, the Punjab and Sind, lie to the east.
Oman
Oman is a 1,000-mile-long (1,700-km) coastal plain at the southeast tip of the Arabian peninsula lying on the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman. It is bordered by the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen.
Norway
Norway is situated in the western part of the Scandinavian peninsula. It extends about 1,770 km from the North Sea along the Norwegian Sea to more than 483 km above the Arctic Circle, the farthest north of any European country.
Nigeria
Nigeria, is the most populous country in Africa, is situated on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa. The lower course of the Niger River flows south through the western part of the country into the Gulf of Guinea.
Niger
Niger, in West Africa’s Sahara region.The Niger River in the southwest flows through the country’s only fertile area. Elsewhere the land is semiarid
Nicaragua
A Central American nation - has mountainous in the west, with fertile valleys.Two big lakes, Nicaragua and Managua, are connected by the Tipitapa River. The Pacific coast is volcanic and very fertile.
New Zealand
New Zealand, about 1,250 mi (2,012 km) southeast of Australia, consists of two main islands and a number of smaller outlying islands so scattered that they range from the tropical to the antarctic. New Zealand’s two main components are the North Island and the South Island, separated by Cook Strait.
Netherlands
The Netherlands, on the coast of the North Sea, is part of the great plain of north and west Europe, the Netherlands has maximum dimensions of 360 by 257 km and is low and flat except in Limburg in the southeast, where some hills rise up to 1056 ft. About half the country’s area is below sea level, making the famous Dutch dikes a requisite for the use of much of the land.
Nepal
In Nov. 1990, King Birendra promulgated a new constitution and introduced a multiparty parliamentary democracy in Nepal. King Gyanendra dissolved the government in 2002 and has since ruled as an absolute monarch.
Nauru
Nauru (pronounced NAH-ooroo) is an island in the Pacific just south of the equator, about 2,500 mi (4,023 km) southwest of Honolulu.
Namibia
Namibia is bounded on the north by Angola and Zambia, on the east by Botswana, and on the east and south by South Africa. It is for the most part a portion of the high plateau of southern Africa, with a general elevation of from 3,000 to 4,000 ft.
Myanmar
Myanmar occupies the Thailand/Cambodia portion of the Indochinese peninsula.India lies to the northwest and China to the northeast.
Mozambique
Mozambique stretches for 1,535 mi (2,470 km) along Africa’s southeast coast. The country is generally a low-lying plateau broken up by 25 sizable rivers that flow into the Indian Ocean.
Morocco
Morocco, lies across the Strait of Gibraltar on the Mediterranean and looks out on the Atlantic from the northwest shoulder of Africa. On the Atlantic coast there is a fertile plain.
Montenegro
Government Republic. Montenegro, formerly part of Serbia and Montenegro, gained independence on June 3, 2006.
Mongolia
Mongolia lies in central Asia between Siberia on the north and China on the south. The productive regions of Mongolia—a tableland ranging from 3,000 to 5,000 ft (914 to 1,524 m) in elevation—are in the north, which is well drained by numerous rivers, including the Hovd, Onon, Selenga, and Tula.
Monaco
Monaco is a tiny, hilly wedge driven into the French Mediterranean coast; it is 9 mi east of Nice, France.
Moldova
Moldova (formerly Moldavia) is a landlocked republic of hilly plains lying east of the Carpathian Mountains between the Prut and Dniester (Dnestr) rivers. The country is sandwiched between Romania and Ukraine.
Micronesia
The Federated States of Micronesia is composed of the island states of Yap, Chuuk (Truk), Pohnpei (Ponape), and Kosrae, all in the Caroline Islands. The islands vary geologically from high mountainous islands to low coral atolls, with volcanic outcroppings on Pohnpei, Kosrae, and Chuuk.
Mexico
Mexico is bordered by the United States to the north and Belize and Guatemala to the southeast. Baja California in the west is an 1,287-km peninsula and forms the Gulf of California.
Mauritius
Mauritius is a mountainous island in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar.
Mauritania
Mauritania, is situated in northwest Africa with about 350 mi (592 km) of coastline on the Atlantic Ocean. The country is mostly desert, with the exception of the fertile Senegal River valley in the south and grazing land in the north.
Marshall Islands
The Marshall Islands, east of the Carolines, are divided into two chains: the western, or Ralik, group, including the atolls Jaluit, Kwajalein, Wotho, Bikini, and Eniwetok; and the eastern, or Ratak, group, including the atolls Mili, Majuro, Maloelap, Wotje, and Likiep.
Malta
The five Maltese islands— Malta, Gozo, Comino, Comminotto, and Filflawith— have a combined land area smaller than Philadelphia. Malta is located in the Mediterranean Sea, about 97 km south of the southeast tip of Sicily.
Mali
Most of Mali, in West Africa, lies in the Sahara.The only fertile area is in the south, where the Niger and Senegal rivers provide irrigation.
Maldives
The Republic of Maldives is a group of atolls in the Indian Ocean about 417 mi (671 km) southwest of Sri Lanka. Its 1,190 coral islets stretch over an area of 35,200 square mi (90,000 sq km).
Malaysia
Malaysia is on the Malay Peninsula in southeast Asia. The nation also includes Sabah and Sarawak on the island of Borneo to the east.
