Category talk:Geography

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[edit] New start page

As you can all see I added the portal. Do you think this is a good idea? I quite like it, with the warning at the top, makes the page more interesting. Otherwise it's just a bunch of topics with a definition of geography at the top. Obviously it still needs quite a bit of work and we can learn from all the other portals. I recommend that we scout around and find the best features of others and then try to copy them in improving the portal. --komencanto 08:26, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

This looks good, and is an excellent use of the Category pages and a way to be more informative for people linking from the front page. dml 11:46, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
this is the worst category page I've ever seen. why don't you use "Portal:" for this? On category i wanna qucikly find articles and subcats. Explaining what is "geography" belongs to Geography Tobias Conradi (Talk) 22:08, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
Tobias, try hitting the <End> key on the number pad of the keyboard to quickly scroll to the bottom of the cat page. Then hit the up arrow on the keyboard to see more articles and cats. Ancheta Wis 09:24, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
There should be options for whether, and if yes, where, to include the portal. See bug 3494. Brianjd | Why restrict HTML? | 06:29, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Why is this page locked??

I was just about to add a link to the geography portal and the commons and also clean up the page a bit but I can't because this page is locked. It's the only category page that is locked! What's with that? Can you at least give me a pass to make some changes? Thanks. --komencanto 00:38, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Commons

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Commons has images in this category. HenkvD 18:27, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Question about Image

It is unclear why there is an image of Delhi at the bottom of this page. The global image at the top represents the category well but the Delhi image seems out of place. There are no links to Delhi on the page. In addition to being a narrow slice of the geography topic, its position at the bottom of the page is also odd.

Replace? Remove?

Any thoughts?

Tobycat 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Cat in Wikiportal style

Geography Wikiportal
Wikipedia:Wikiportal/Geography/Intro
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NASA imagery
Antarctica is the continent at the extreme southern latitudes of the Earth, containing the South Pole. It is surrounded by the Southern Ocean and divided in two by the Transantarctic Mountains. On average, it is the coldest, driest, windiest, and highest of all the continents. With 98% of it covered in ice, Antarctica, at 14 million km², is the third-smallest continent (after Europe and Australia). Because there is little precipitation, the entire continent is technically a desert and is thus the largest in the world. There are no permanent human residents and only cold-adapted plants and animals survive there, including penguins, fur seals, mosses, lichens, and many types of algae. The name "Antarctica" comes from the Greek ανταρκτικός (antarktikos), meaning "opposite the Arctic." Although myths and speculation about a Terra Australis ("Southern Land") go back to antiquity, the first sighting of the continent is commonly accepted to have occurred in 1821 by the Russian expedition of Mikhail Lazarev and Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen. Antarctica is not under the political sovereignty of any nation, although seven countries maintain territorial claims, which are not recognized by other countries. Human activity on the continent is regulated by the Antarctic Treaty, which was signed in 1959 and prohibits any military activity, supports scientific research, and protects the continent's ecozone. (more...)
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==Current Selected picture==

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You can put the selected geography picture on your user page, by using the template: {{Portal:Geography/Featured picture/{{CURRENTYEAR}}, week {{CURRENTWEEK}}}}

Today is December 15, 2006, week number 50.

[edit] Archive of pictures

[edit] Week 52

Jökulsárlón, a glacial lake in Iceland. To the right, the mouth of the glacier Vatnajökull.

Photo credit: Kenny Muir

[edit] Week 51

Cabo da Roca, Portugal, the westernmost point of mainland Europe.

Photo credit: Pauldavidgill

[edit] Week 50

The Lena River delta has a size of about 45,000 km².

Photo credit: NASA, Landsat 7, February 27, 2000

[edit] Week 49

World map: Kyoto Protocol participation (2005).

Image credit: Verdy p

[edit] Week 48

A sand dune in Namibia.

Photo credit: DDD DDD, 2003

[edit] Week 47

Vegetation map of Peru.

Image credit: by Central Intelligence Agency, retrieved from lib.utexas.edu

[edit] Week 46

Ocean surface wave.

Photo credit: PDphoto.org

[edit] Week 45

Delicate Arch, located at Arches National Park in Moab, Utah, United States is a natural arch.

Photo credit: U.S. National Park Service

[edit] Week 44

Annual mean sea surface salinity (in Practical Salinity Units) plotted here using a Mollweide projection.

Image credit: Plumbago

[edit] Week 43

Coastal salt marsh (Bride Brook Salt Marsh) in East Lyme, Connecticut.

Photo credit: by Alex756, July 2003

[edit] Week 42

An arcuate river delta has formed on the south-west coastline of Greenland, near Narsarsuaq.

Photo credit: Codrington, Stephen. Planet Geography 3rd Edition (2005) Chapter 8

[edit] Week 41

Speleothems in Hall of the Mountain Kings, Ogof Craig a Ffynnon, South Wales.

Photo credit: Rls.

[edit] Week 40

90 mile beach in Australia.

Photo credit: Fir0002.

[edit] Week 39

Horseshoe Bend, Arizona as seen from the lookout point

Horseshoe Bend, Arizona as seen from the lookout point.

Photo credit: Moondigger.

[edit] Week 38

Horseshoe Bend, Arizona as seen from the lookout point

Horseshoe Bend, Arizona as seen from the lookout point.

Photo credit: Moondigger.

[edit] Week 37

Morning mist on Lake Mapourika.

Morning mist on Lake Mapourika, which is located on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island, about five kilometres north of Franz Josef Glacier.cr

Image credit: Richard Palmer.

[edit] Week 36

Morning mist on Lake Mapourika.

Morning mist on Lake Mapourika, which is located on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island, about five kilometres north of Franz Josef Glacier.cr

Image credit: Richard Palmer.

[edit] Week 35

Mormon row barns, Grand Teton National Park

A barn at the Grand Teton National Park. The United States National Park, named after Grand Teton of the Teton Range, is located in western Wyoming, south of Yellowstone. The park is located in the heart of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, one of the largest intact temperate zone ecosystems remaining on the planet.

Photo credit: Jon Sullivan

[edit] Week 34

Morning mist on Lake Mapourika.

Morning mist on Lake Mapourika, which is located on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island, about five kilometres north of Franz Josef Glacier.

Image credit: Richard Palmer.

[edit] Week 33

Morning mist on Lake Mapourika.

Morning mist on Lake Mapourika, which is located on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island, about five kilometres north of Franz Josef Glacier.

Image credit: Richard Palmer.

[edit] Week 32

Morning mist on Lake Mapourika.

Morning mist on Lake Mapourika, which is located on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island, about five kilometres north of Franz Josef Glacier.

Image credit: Richard Palmer.

[edit] Week 31

Satellite image of crops growing in Kansas.

Lipa Noi Beach on Ko Samui, Thailand, shortly after sunset. The islands of the Ang Thong Marine National Park (Mu Koh Angthong) are visible at the horizon.

Image credit: Manfred Werner.

[edit] Week 30

Satellite image of crops growing in Kansas.

Lipa Noi Beach on Ko Samui, Thailand, shortly after sunset. The islands of the Ang Thong Marine National Park (Mu Koh Angthong) are visible at the horizon.

Image credit: Manfred Werner.

[edit] July 2006

[edit] July 17 - July 31

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Satellite image of crops growing in Kansas.

Lipa Noi Beach on Ko Samui, Thailand, shortly after sunset. The islands of the Ang Thong Marine National Park (Mu Koh Angthong) are visible at the horizon.

Image credit: Manfred Werner.

[edit] July 10 - July 16

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Satellite image of crops growing in Kansas.

Satellite image of crops growing in Kansas. Healthy, growing crops are green. Corn would be growing into leafy stalks by late June (when this photo was taken). Sorghum, which resembles corn, grows more slowly and would be much smaller and therefore, possibly paler. Wheat is a brilliant gold as harvest occurs in June. Fields of brown have been recently harvested and plowed under or lie fallow for the year. The circular crop fields are a characteristic of center pivot irrigation. The fields shown here are 800 and 1,600 meters (0.5 and 1 mile) in diameter. The image is centered near 37.4 degrees north latitude, 100.9 degrees west longitude, and covers an area of 37.2 x 38.8 km. The 'grid' in which the fields are laid out runs North-South/West-East and the dark angled line is U.S. Route 56.

Image credit: NASA.

[edit] July 3 - July 9

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Termini of the glaciers in the Bhutan-Himalaya.

Termini of the glaciers in the Bhutan-Himalaya. Glacial lakes have been rapidly forming on the surface of the debris-covered glaciers in this region during the last few decades. USGS researchers have found a strong correlation between increasing temperatures and glacial retreat in this region.

Image credit: NASA.

[edit] June 2006

[edit] June 25 - July 1, 2006

[edit] Featured geography picture
Cerro de la Silla, a mountain in Monterrey, Mexico.

Cerro de la Silla, a mountain in Monterrey, Mexico.

Photo credit: Nathaniel C. Sheetz.

[edit] June 18 - June 24, 2006

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Winter storm at Bryce Canyon National Park.

This map shows the world as was known to Han Dynasty China in 2 CE. The shaded areas show the extent of Han civilisation. I've based this on the existence of settlements under direct Han political authority or military control according to Tan Qixiang (ed.), Zhongguo lishi ditu (中国历史地图集; 1982).

Map credit: Yeu Ninje.

[edit] June 11 - June 17, 2006

[edit] Featured geography picture
Winter storm at Bryce Canyon National Park.

Winter storm at Bryce Canyon National Park.

Photo credit: National Park Service.

[edit] June 4 - June 10, 2006

[edit] Featured geography picture
Hanko, Finland. Panoramic photo shot from the water tower.

Hanko, Finland. Panoramic photo shot from the water tower.

Photo credit: J-E Nyström.

[edit] May 2006

[edit] May 28 - June 3, 2006

[edit] Featured geography picture
Sahara desert seen from satellite.

Sahara desert seen from satellite.

Image credit: NASA's Visible Earth project.

[edit] May 21 - May 27, 2006

[edit] Featured geography picture
Photograph of Lauterbrunnen valley

Lauterbrunnen valley during winter, Interlaken (district) of the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland.

Photo credit: Keith Halstead (February 2005).

[edit] May 1 - May 20, 2006

[edit] Featured geography picture
Map of Manila, Philippines.

Manila is the capital of the Philippines, and the second most populous city proper in the Philippines, with more than 1.5 million inhabitants. The city is located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay on Luzon, the country's largest island.

Map credit: Seav

[edit] April 2006

[edit] Featured geography picture
Rainforest walk - National Botanical Gardens Canberra

A rainforest is a forested biome with high annual rainfall. Tropical rainforests arise due to the Intertropical Convergence Zone, but temperate rainforests also exist. As well as prodigious rainfall, many rainforests are characterized by a high number of resident species and tremendous biodiversity.

Botanical gardens grow a wide variety of plants primarily categorized and documented for scientific purposes, but also for the enjoyment and education of visitors, a consideration that has become essential to secure public funding.

Photo credit: Fir0002

[edit] March 26, 2006

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Machu Picchu in the morning

Machu Picchu is a well-preserved pre-Columbian Inca ruin located on a high mountain ridge, at an elevation of about 2,350 m (7,710 ft). Machu Picchu is located above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, about 70 km (44 mi) northwest of Cusco. Geographic coordinates: 13°09′47″S, 72°32′44″W.

[edit] February 16, 2006

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Mount Cook in New Zealand.
Mount Cook, a peak in the Southern Alps is the highest mountain in New Zealand. Mount Cook is also known as Aoraki, meaning "Cloud Piercer" in the Kai Tahu dialect of the Maori language. The mountain is located within the Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park and was formally declared one of the United Nations World Heritage Parks in 1953.
Photo credit: Dynabee · Wikipedia: Picture of the day (June 18, 2005)

[edit] December 22, 2005

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Hopetoun Falls near Otway National Park, Victoria, Australia.
A waterfall is usually a geological formation resulting from water, often in the form of a stream flowing over an erosion-resistant rock formation that forms a sudden break in elevation. Waterfalls may also be artificial, and they are sometimes used for garden and landscape ornament. Some waterfalls form in mountain environments where erosion is rapid and stream courses may be subject to sudden and catastrophic change. In such cases, the waterfall may not be the end product of many years of water action over a region, but rather the result of relatively sudden geological processes such as thrust faults or volcanic action.

[edit] July 13, 2005

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Hurricane Dennis approaches Cuba on July 7 2005.


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Things you can do
This portal needs improvement so feel free to add anything you think relevant. The geography categories down below are also disorganized so you may want to improve their organization.

A sampling of stubs you can improve:
Bay of Pigs | Florida, Puerto Rico | Guantanamo | Strategic geography | Brent oilfield | Landscape ecology | Bottom crawler | Chemical oceanography | Marine reserve | Gulf of Mexico

You might also find something here:
Geography stubs | Geographical term stubs | Atmospheric science stubs | Oceanography stubs

A proposed layout, in Portal style, for the Category page header, above the Category listings. Comments and improvements are invited. Ancheta Wis 5 July 2005 11:12 (UTC)

That's not a bad style although I've played around with it a bit on the original page because there were no 'edit' links. I made it more like most of the other portals in style. Do we have permission to incorporate portals and categories? Is that now wikipedia policy so to speak? Do we think it's a good idea? --komencanto 00:38, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Unprotected

The category page is now unprotected. You may go ahead with any edits to the category page. Bratschetalk 5 pillars 02:33, July 13, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Templates

Why are there about 30 templates on this page? It looks exactly the same as the portal page - why can't we just incorporate that (I suppose it's {{:Wikipedia:Wikiportal/Geography}})? Brianjd | Why restrict HTML? | 09:39, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Map of Earth

My browser says that the picture "Map of Earth" is unavailable. Brianjd | Why restrict HTML? | 06:15, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

Mine says 'forbidden'?! HenryLi 13:01, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

It seems to work now. Brianjd | Why restrict HTML? | 01:58, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Categorisation

Why did you make this category part of the Top 10 category but with an inicial space:

[[Category:Top 10| Geography]]

It doesn't look so good to me, mainly because it isn't sorted in the G block but instead, in a no initial block. jοτομικρόν | Talk 13:00, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Topography

Why is this category needed? What does it contain that is not present under other categories ( especially). Should we make a subcategory under Physical Geography for terrain?

Note recent chanegs to the article topography,a nd the addition of new articles Cartographic Relief Depiction and terrain. There is a good discussion in Talk:Topography for background. --Natcase 13:26, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
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