Map and location knowledge: world by region
Map: the Americas
Practise 4 PYQsConcepts to cover
- Canada-USA border (longest), Alaska (Nome, Bering Strait), Great Lakes, Hudson Bay, Greenland (Denmark), Mexico and the Rio Grande
- Panama Canal, Yucatan, Cuba, Hispaniola (Haiti and Dominican Republic), Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles, Gulf of Mexico
- Andes countries (Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina); Amazon basin countries; Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana
- Lithium triangle (Chile, Bolivia, Argentina), Atacama copper, Galapagos (Ecuador), Tungurahua and Cotopaxi (Ecuador), Titicaca (Peru and Bolivia)
- Southern South America: Rio de la Plata (Argentina, Uruguay), Patos Lagoon (Brazil, south of the equator), Pampas, Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego, Strait of Magellan, Drake Passage, Falklands
Where to study
Exploring Society: India and Beyond, Class VI, chapter 2: Oceans and Continents (2024)
- ch. 2, Oceans and Continents, p. 1-14 (book pages 27-40)
UPSC Detailed (Micro Topic) Syllabus: Geography (Prelims)
- Landforms across the world
- Mountain and Peaks
Fundamentals of Human Geography, Class XII, chapter 7: Transport and Communication (Reprint 2026-27)
- ch. 7, The Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Seaway, p. 12-13 (book pages 65-66)
- ch. 7, Trans–Canadian Railways, p. 5-7 (book pages 58-60)
- ch. 7, The Panama Canal, p. 10-11 (book pages 63-64)
Map of the World, UN Geospatial map no. 4651 rev. 1 (October 2022), political
- sheet 1, country names and boundaries, p. 1