The Ural Mountains form part of the conventional boundary between the continents of Europe and Asia.

The fastest flowing river in the world is the Amazon River. At the height of the wet season, the current can reach a speed of 7 km/hr.

Africa, the planet's second largest continent and the second most-populous continent (after Asia), consists of 54 individual countries, and Western Sahara, a member state of the African Union whose statehood is disputed by Morocco.

Located on the French Riviera in Western Europe, Monaco has an area of 0.78 square miles and a population of about 37,800.

Islamabad is the capital city of Pakistan located within the federal Islamabad Capital Territory.

Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, has the largest population in both South America and Latin America.

With approximately 184 million inhabitants (2016), Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa.

Kuala Lumpur is the national capital of Malaysia as well as its largest city.

The setting of Bram Stoker's famous novel Dracula, Transylvania is a historical region located in what is today the central part of Romania.

Paraguay and Bolivia are the only landlocked countries in South America. Bolivia once had a coastline along the Pacific Ocean but lost its coastline territory to Chile during the War of the Pacific.