John McCoy (Editor), “Geo-Data: The World Geographical Encyclopedia”, 3rd Edition
Thomson Gale | ISBN 0787655813 | November 2002 | 704 Pages
The first new edition since 1989 of Geo-Data, formerly edited by George Kurian, is a splendid example of what a reference book can be. Its purpose is to provide the reader with the most detailed and comprehensive description available of the physical geography of the countries of the world. It achieves this purpose in an easy-to-use alphabetical arrangement for all of the world's 207 countries and dependencies.