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Articles with geographic names

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No Article The Definite Article
Names of continents Europe, Asia, America NOTE: No article is used when they are modified by such attributes as: northern, southern, western, eastern, central, minor etc North America, Central Africa Exception: the Arctic, The Antarctic (meaning the sea and the land round the North and South Poles)
Names of countries, states, provinces, cities towns and villages France, Great Britain Moscow, Rome, Delhi NOTE:No article is used when they are modified by such attributes as: northern, southern, western, eastern, central, old, new etc Old England, Ancient Greece, Southern France Exception: Countries: the USA, the UK, the Netherlands, the Argentine (but Argentina) Provinces: the Crimea, the Caucasus, the Riviera Cities: the Hague
  Exception: when names of lakes are preceded by the noun lake, no article is used Lake Baikal, Lake Ontario Namesof oceans, seas, straits, channels, canals, rivers, lakes The Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic The Mediterranean, the Black Sea The Bering Strait, the English Channel The Volga, the Thames, The Baikal, The Leman
Names ofbays Hudson Bay, Baffin Bay  
Names ofpeninsulas Indo-China, Kamchatka Exception: when noun Peninsula is used The Balkan Peninsula
  Names ofdeserts The Sahara, the Gobi
Names ofseparate mountain peaksandseparate islands Elbrus, Everest Cuba, Haiti, Cyprus Names ofmountain chains and groups of islands The Andes, the Alps, the Urals The Canaries, the Bermudas, the Bahamas
Names ofwaterfalls Niagara Falls  
  Names ofmountain passes The Saint Gotthard Pass
  Names ofterritoriesconsisting of a word combination The Lake District, the Yorkshire Forests, the Virgin Lands
Exception: (the) Parliament, Congress, NATO Names of state institutions, organizations, political parties The Liberal Party, the NSA,
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