#geography

• Forking — The act of forking or branching out and its result; a place of branching, separation, or structural fork-shaped ramification of a linear element, such as a path, a watercourse, or the branches of a towering tree.
• Agadir — A major port city and renowned tourist resort in southwestern Morocco, located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, at the foot of the Atlas Mountains. Etymologically, the name originates from the Berber language (Tamazight) and means 'fortified granary' or 'citadel', the locality being historically famous for its complete structural reconstruction after the devastating 1960 earthquake.
• Agaña — The historical and traditional Spanish name of Hagåtña, the capital city of the United States territory of Guam in the Pacific Ocean. Located on the island's western coast, the city represents the administrative, legislative, and commercial center, with an urban structure marked by Spanish colonial history and its post-war strategic military and economic importance.
• Agartala — A large city and the administrative capital of the state of Tripura in northeast India, situated on the banks of the Haora River, in close proximity to the Bangladesh border. Structurally and historically, it represents the second most populous urban center in the region, being renowned for the Ujjayanta Palace and its role as a major commercial, academic, and cultural hub in the east of the subcontinent.
• Agăș — The name of a commune and its administrative center located in Bacău County, in the Moldavia region of Romania, situated along the Trotuș River valley between the Tarcău and Ciuc mountains. The locality is renowned for its spectacular mountain landscapes, rich forestry resources, and traditional architecture specific to the sub-Carpathian area, holding a history tied to timber exploitation and trans-Carpathian trade routes.
• Agav — The name of a small rural locality or an isolated topographic landmark, rarely utilized in international or regional geographical gazetteers. Within linguistic and cartographic contexts, the term functions as a fixed toponym identifying a specific settlement or administrative zone, documented in land registry maps.
• Ageadur — The name of a valley and an intermittent watercourse or stream located in the Dobrogea regions or in the historical areas with Tatar and Turkish influences in southeastern Romania; the resonance of the name is closely linked to hydronymy and toponymy of Oriental origin left by the Muslim communities that inhabited these arid steppes.
• Alluvial deposit — An accumulation of alluvial materials, silt, gravel, branches, or vegetative debris brought by the flooded waters of a river or stream and deposited at points where the current velocity decreases. This natural phenomenon structurally modifies the minor bed and can cause natural damming or course deviations.
• Alluvial deposits — A rare plural form or local collective variant for repeated accumulations of alluvium, sediments, silt, and woody debris deposited along a riverbed following several successive floods. It defines the unstable microrelief made of gravel bars and alluvial ridges.
• Aggtelek-Josvafö — A composite geographic name in Hungary, associated with the famous karst region in the north of the country (Aggtelek and Jósvafő area), globally known for its spectacular cave system (such as Baradla-Domica), listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. The term also defines a railway junction or tourist access station to the Aggtelek National Park.
• Aghireșu — The name of a commune in Romania, located in Cluj County, composed of eleven villages (including the residence Aghireșu-Fabrici). It represents a historical railway junction and a hilly geographic area in northwestern Transylvania, known in the past for its mining exploitations of brown coal, gypsum, and kaolin clays.
• Agigea — A strategically important locality and commune in Constanța County, Dobrogea, Romania, situated on the Black Sea coast and at the junction of major transport routes, including the Danube-Black Sea Canal. In a structural sense, it is renowned for its industrial port, major road junction, unique natural reserves, and marine research stations.
• Agoiu — A rare Romanian toponym used to designate minor geographical features, microtoponyms, or specific landforms in hill or mountain regions. In historical dialects or onomastics, the name can also appear as a regional surname or variant derived from an archaic root.
• Agonic line — An imaginary line on the Earth's surface (an isogonic line of zero value) connecting points where the magnetic declination is zero; along this line, a compass needle points exactly to true geographic north.
• Agram — The historical German name for the city of Zagreb, the current capital of the Republic of Croatia; widely used during the Holy Roman Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, reflecting the central European administrative history of the locality.
• Agri Dagi — The official Turkish name (Ağrı Dağı) for Mount Ararat, a dormant compound volcano located in the extreme east of Turkey, near the Armenian and Iranian borders. It is the highest peak in Turkey and the Armenian Highlands, carrying immense cultural, historical, and religious significance, traditionally identified as the resting place of Noah's Ark.
• Agribiciu — The name of two rural localities in Romania: a village in Budești commune, Bistrița-Năsăud county, and a village in Ciucea commune, Cluj county. These localities are situated within the rolling hills of the Transylvanian Plateau, preserving traditional architecture and being documented since medieval centuries.
• Agricea — The name of a small watercourse (stream) or a valley located within the geographic area of Romania, carrying local hydrographic importance. It represents a specific rural hydronym, often used by local communities as a landmark for outlining agricultural properties or pastures.
• Agrigentum — A historical, literary, or Latinized name used in Romanian for the city and province of Agrigento in southwestern Sicily, Italy. Founded in antiquity by Greek colonists under the name Akragas, it later became the famous Roman city of Agrigentum, globally recognized for its exceptionally preserved Doric temples in the Valley of the Temples.
• Agrij — The name of a commune and its residential village in Sălaj County, Transylvanian region, Romania. Additionally, the term denotes the Agrij River, a watercourse of local importance and a left tributary of the Someș River, flowing through the Almaș-Agrij Depression and giving structural identity to the surrounding geographical valley.