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   Hierarchy of Top of the TGN hierarchy (hierarchy root) Top of the TGN hierarchy (hierarchy root)
   Hierarchy of World (facet) .... World (facet)
   ........ Asia (continent)
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   Hierarchy of Abū Mūsá (island) .................... Abū Mūsá (island)
   .................... Aden, Gulf of (gulf) [N]
   .................... Afrin Suyu (river)
   .................... Agepsta, Gora (mountain)
   .................... Aghstev (river)
   .................... ʻAjīj, Wādī al- (wadi)
   .................... Alazani (river)
   .................... Altay (mountain range)
   .................... Amnok-kang (river)
   .................... A-mo Ho (river)
   .................... Amu Darya (river)
   .................... Amur River (river)
   .................... Annamitique, Chaîne (mountains)
   .................... Anti-Lebanon (mountains)
   .................... Āq (river)
   .................... Aqsú (river)
   .................... Aral Sea (sea)
   .................... ʻArʻar, Wādī (wadi)
   .................... Aras River (river)
   .................... Argun River (river)
   .................... Arpa (river)
   .................... Arpa Çayı (river)
   .................... Arsufhsa (river)
   .................... Arun River (river)
   .................... Äyet (river)
   .................... Bāghmati Nadī (river)
   .................... Bāţin, Wādī al (wadi)
   .................... Bashi Channel (channel) [N]
   .................... Bazardüzü Dağı (mountain)
   .................... Belukha, Gora (mountain)
   .................... Beshtor, Gora (mountain)
   .................... Bilauktaung Range (mountain range)
   .................... Black Sea (sea) [N]
   .................... Ḩāşbānī, Nahr al (river)
   .................... Bolqarçay (river)
   .................... Bol'šaja Chobda (river)
   .................... Bol’shoy Uzen’ (river)
   .................... Border Mountains (mountain range)
   Hierarchy of Borneo (island) .................... Borneo (island)
   .................... Botkul’, Ozero (lake)
   .................... Böyük Hinaldağ (mountain)
   .................... Brahmaputra River (river)
   .................... Brunei Bay (bay)
   .................... Buket Bubut (mountain)
   .................... Bukhangang (river)
   .................... Caspian Gates (pass)
   Hierarchy of Caucasus Mountains (mountain range) .................... Caucasus Mountains (mountain range)
   .................... Celebes Sea (sea) [N]
   .................... Chāgai Hills (mountains)
   .................... Chagan (river)
   .................... Changbai Shan (mountain)
   .................... Chāng Chenmo River (river)
   .................... Chatkal (river)
   .................... Chatkal'skiy Khrebet (mountains)
   .................... Chaukā River (river)
   .................... Cheīkh, Jebel ech (mountain)
   .................... Chenāb River (river)
   .................... Chikoy (river)
   .................... Chomiomo (mountain)
   .................... Chuŏr Phnum Dângrêk (mountain range)
   .................... Chu, Sông (river)
   .................... Çoruh Nehri (river)
   Hierarchy of Cyprus (island) .................... Cyprus (island)
   .................... Datu, Tanjung (cape)
   .................... Davst Uul (mountain)
   .................... Debed (river)
   .................... Degh Nadī (river)
   .................... Diklosmt’a (mountain)
   .................... Diyālá, Nahr (river)
   .................... Đèo Keo Nưa (pass)
   .................... Dombai Ulgeni, Mt’a (mountain)
   .................... Dzungarian Gate (pass)
   .................... Eight Degree Channel (channel)
   .................... El'brus, Gora (mountain) [N]
   .................... Emel (river)
   .................... Ermanï Nuruu (mountains)
   .................... Euphrates (river)
   .................... Everest, Mount (mountain)
   .................... Gandak River (river)
   .................... Ganges Delta (delta)
   .................... Ganges, Mouths of the (river mouth(s))
   .................... Ganges River (river)
   .................... Gasherbrum Shan (mountain)
   .................... Gauri̇̄shaṅkar (mountain)
   .................... Ghāghara River (river)
   .................... Gobi Desert (desert)
   .................... Godwin-Austen, Mount (mountain)
   .................... Govātar, Khalīj-e- (bay)
   .................... Greater Caucasus (mountain range)
   Hierarchy of Greater Sunda Islands (island group) .................... Greater Sunda Islands (island group)
   .................... Great Rift Valley (valley) [N]
   .................... Great Zab River (river)
   .................... Guşgy Deryasy (river)
   .................... Gumal River (river)
   .................... Guton, Gora (mountain)
   .................... Gyālā Bhanjyāng (pass)
   .................... Ha‘Arava, Naẖal (wadi)
   .................... H̲adera, Naẖal (river)
   .................... Ḥafīt, Jabal (mountain)
   .................... Han-gang (river)
   .................... Hārinbhānga River (distributary (stream))
   .................... Harīrūd (river)
   .................... Helmand Rōd (river)
   .................... Heriyn Gol (river)
   .................... Heung, Nam (river)
   .................... Himalayas (mountain system)
   .................... Hindū Kush (mountain range)
   .................... Ichāmati River (river)
   .................... Ile Ala Toosu (mountain range)
   .................... Ilek (river)
   .................... Ili (river)
   .................... Imjin-gang (river)
   .................... Indus River (river)
   .................... Iori (river)
   .................... Iputs' (river)
   .................... Iran, Pegunungan (mountain range)
   .................... Irtysh (river)
   .................... Ishim (river)
   .................... Ishimskaya Ravnina (plain)
   .................... Japan, Sea of (sea) [N]
   .................... Javakhet'is K'edi (mountains)
   .................... Jelep La (pass)
   .................... Jhelum River (river)
   .................... Johore Strait (strait) [N]
   .................... Jordan Rift Valley (valley)
   .................... Jordan River (river)
   .................... Kābul, Daryā-ye (river)
   .................... Kadanī Rōd (river)
   .................... Kakshaal-Too (mountains)
   .................... Kaladan River (river)
   .................... Kamla Nadī (river)
   .................... Kānchenjunga (mountain)
   .................... Kangto (mountain)
   .................... Kapuas Hulu, Pegunungan (mountain)
   .................... Kara-Daryya (river)
   .................... Karakorum Shan (mountain range)
   .................... Karnāli River (river)
   .................... K’arts’akhi, T’ba (lake)
   .................... Kazbek, Gora (mountain)
   .................... Keerom River (river)
   .................... Kerilyun, Reka (river)
   .................... Khalkhiin gol, Reka (river)
   .................... Khanka, Ozero (lake)
   .................... Khojang (mountain)
   .................... Khungdugang (mountain)
   .................... Khunjerāb Pass (pass)
   .................... Khwarah (intermittent lake)
   .................... Khyber Pass (pass)
   .................... Kofirnihon (river)
   .................... Kolok, Sungai (river)
   .................... Kŏng, Tônlé (river)
   .................... Köpetdag Gershi (mountains)
   Hierarchy of Korean Peninsula (peninsula) .................... Korean Peninsula (peninsula)
   .................... Kra, Isthmus of (isthmus)
   .................... Krum Māndêh (intermittent watercourse)
   .................... Kulundinskaya Ravnina (plain)
   .................... Kunaṟ Sīnd (river)
   .................... Kundar Rōd (river)
   .................... Kura (river)
   .................... Kuril’skiye Ostrova (islands)
   .................... Kurumdy, Gora (mountain)
   .................... Kutch, Rann of (marsh)
   .................... Kyŏnggi-man (bay)
   .................... Kyrgyz Ala Too (mountains)
   .................... Kyungey Ala-Too, Khrebet (mountain range)
   .................... Kyzyl-Khem (river)
   .................... Laccadive Sea (sea) [N]
   .................... Ladākh Range (mountain range)
   .................... Lesser Caucasus (mountain range)
   .................... Lhotse (mountain)
   .................... Liancourt Rocks (island group)
   .................... Lipu Lekh Pass (pass)
   .................... Little Zab River (river)
   .................... Lixiang Jiang (river)
   .................... Lohit River (river)
   .................... Loi, Nam (river)
   .................... Lô, Sông (river)
   .................... Mae Nam Kok (river)
   .................... Mahānanda River (river)
   .................... Makālu (mountain)
   .................... Makhrūq, Wādī al (watercourse)
   .................... Makran Coast (coastline)
   Hierarchy of Malay Peninsula (peninsula) .................... Malay Peninsula (peninsula)
   .................... Malek Sīāh Kōh (mountain)
   .................... Malyy Uzen’ (river)
   .................... Manās River (river)
   .................... Manāwar Tawi River (river)
   .................... Manipur (river)
   .................... Mannar, Gulf of (gulf)
   .................... Mao, Nam (river)
   .................... Māshkīd, Rūdkhāneh-ye (river)
   .................... Maw-daung Pass (pass)
   .................... Mazār, Jabal (mountain)
   .................... Mekong River (river)
   .................... Menza (river)
   .................... Mụ Giạ, Đèo (pass)
   .................... Mintaka Pass (pass)
   .................... Mīrah, Wādī al (wadi)
   .................... Mishmi Hills (hills)
   .................... Mórfou, Kólpos (bay)
   .................... Muganskaya Ravnina (plain)
   .................... Munki-Sardyk, Gora (mountain)
   .................... Murgap Deryasy (river)
   .................... Nāga Hills (mountains)
   .................... Nahr aţ Ţīb (river)
   .................... Namakzār, Daryācheh-ye (salt lake)
   .................... Nāmjā La (pass)
   .................... Nanas Channel (channel)
   .................... Nanding He (river)
   .................... Nanka Jiang (river)
   .................... Nanshan Island (island)
   .................... Nebesnaja, gora (mountain)
   .................... Nemuro Strait (strait)
   Hierarchy of New Guinea (island) .................... New Guinea (island)
   .................... Nīlam River (river)
   .................... North Bengal Plains (plain)
   .................... Nowshāk (mountain)
   .................... Nubra River (river)
   Hierarchy of Nusa Tenggara (island group) .................... Nusa Tenggara (island group)
   .................... Ögem Zhotasy (mountain range)
   .................... Okhotsk, Sea of (sea) [N]
   .................... Oman, Gulf of (gulf)
   .................... Onon (river)
   .................... Or' (river)
   .................... Oral Syrty Üstirti (plateau)
   .................... Orontes River (river)
   .................... Ostrov Bol’shoy (island)
   .................... Ostrov Bol’shoy Ussuriyskiy (island)
   .................... Ostrov Venyukovskiy (island)
   .................... Pagon, Bukit (mountain)
   .................... Palk Bay (bay)
   .................... Palk Strait (strait)
   .................... Pangong, Lake (lake)
   .................... Panj (river)
   .................... Pātkai Bum (mountain range)
   .................... Pauhunri (mountain)
   Hierarchy of Persian Gulf (gulf) .................... Persian Gulf (gulf) [N]
   .................... Phra Chedi Sam Ong (pass)
   .................... Pir Panjal (mountain range)
   .................... Pobedy, Pik (peak)
   .................... Priirtyshskaya Ravnina (plain)
   .................... Prikaspiyskaya Nizmennost' (plain)
   .................... Purān Dhora (river)
   .................... Qapıcıq Dağı (mountain)
   .................... Qatorkŭhi Pasi Oloy (mountain range)
   .................... Qatorkŭhi Turkiston (mountain range)
   .................... Qatorkŭhi Bobotogh (mountain range)
   .................... Qatorkŭhi Hisor (mountains)
   .................... Qomo Lhari (mountain)
   .................... Qowowuyag (mountain)
   .................... Qyyghash (river)
   .................... Qyzylqum (desert)
   .................... Raimangal River (river)
   .................... Rakha La (pass)
   .................... Rāptī River (river)
   .................... Rāvi River (river)
   .................... Red River (river)
   .................... Rubʻ al Khālī (desert)
   .................... Rūdkhāneh-ye Nahang (river)
   .................... Safed Koh (mountain range)
   .................... Sājūr, Nahr as (river)
   .................... Salwá, Dawḩat (bay)
   .................... Samur (river)
   .................... Sankosh River (river)
   .................... Sarju River (river)
   .................... Saryqaū (river)
   Hierarchy of Sebatik, Pulau (island) .................... Sebatik, Pulau (island)
   .................... Selenga (river)
   .................... Sembakung, Sungai (river)
   .................... Sevani Lerrnashght’a (mountain range)
   .................... Sha-li-k’o-erh Shan (mountain range)
   .................... Shatt al Arab (river)
   .................... Shiḥan, Wādī (wadi)
   .................... Shū (river)
   .................... Shyok River (river)
   .................... Singālila (mountain)
   .................... Singapore Strait (strait) [N]
   .................... Sông Lam (river)
   .................... Sông Mã (river)
   Hierarchy of South Asia (subcontinent) .................... South Asia (subcontinent)
   .................... South China Sea (sea) [N]
   .................... So‘x (river)
   .................... Subansirī River (river)
   .................... Sumbar (river)
   .................... Surxondaryo (river)
   .................... Sutlej River (river)
   .................... Syrian Desert (desert)
   .................... Tagisken Plateau (plateau)
   .................... Taiwan Banks (reef) [N]
   .................... Taiwan Haixia (strait) [N]
   .................... Talas (river)
   .................... Talasskiy Alatau, Khrebet (mountain range)
   .................... Talish Mountains (mountains)
   .................... Tannu Ola, Khrebet (mountain range)
   .................... Tebulosmta, Gora (mountain)
   .................... Tengtiao Jiang (river)
   .................... Terskey Alatau, Khrebet (mountain range)
   .................... Tesiyn Gol (river)
   .................... Thailand, Gulf of (gulf) [N]
   .................... Thar Desert (desert)
   .................... Thaungyin Myit (river)
   .................... Thiu Khao Luang Phrabang (mountain range)
   .................... Tien Shan (mountain range)
   .................... Tigris River (river)
   Hierarchy of Timor, Pulau (island) .................... Timor, Pulau (island)
   .................... Tīsta River (river)
   .................... Tobol (river)
   .................... Toguzak (river)
   .................... Tonkin, Gulf of (gulf) [N]
   .................... Tônlé San (river)
   .................... Toxkan He (river)
   .................... Tumen River (river)
   .................... Ţunb al Kubrá (island)
   .................... Ţunb aş Şughrá (island)
   .................... Turan Pesligi (plain)
   .................... Turugart Pass (pass)
   .................... Uldz Gol (river)
   .................... ‘Unāzah, Jabal (mountains)
   .................... Ural (river)
   .................... Ustyurt, Plato (plateau)
   .................... Usuri, Reka (river)
   .................... Uvs Nuur Basin (basin)
   .................... Üy (river)
   .................... Vararak (stream)
   .................... Western Channel (strait) [N]
   .................... Yalnızçam Dağları (mountain)
   .................... Yam HaMelaẖ (salt lake)
   .................... Yarmūk, Nahr al (river)
   .................... Yellow Sea (sea) [N]
   .................... Zəngəzur Silsiləsi (mountain range)
   .................... Zaozërnaya, Gora (hill)
   .................... Zāskār Range (mountains)
   .................... Zhongghar Alataū Zhotasy (mountains)
   .................... Zorkŭl (lake)
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