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    The document provides a list of geographical features that commonly use the definite article "the" in English. It includes countries, rivers, oceans, seas, mountain ranges, and other features. For countries, "the" is used if the name includes a political title or refers to a group of islands. Rivers, oceans, seas, and mountain ranges also frequently take "the". Proper names of single mountains typically do not use "the".

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    The document provides a list of geographical features that commonly use the definite article "the" in English. It includes countries, rivers, oceans, seas, mountain ranges, and other features. For countries, "the" is used if the name includes a political title or refers to a group of islands. Rivers, oceans, seas, and mountain ranges also frequently take "the". Proper names of single mountains typically do not use "the".

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    The with Countries, Rivers, etc.

    Below is a list of countries which use the definite article. In English, we use the if a country has a political title in its name, or if it refers a group of islands. There are also countries, such as the Netherlands, which people commonly attach the definite article to even
    though it does not follow the two rules above. For bodies of water, we frequently add the definite article to rivers, oceans, and seas.
    For single mountains, we dont typically add the definite article. However, for groups of mountains, we do.
    Youll find many examples of these rules below, as well as a list of other geographical features which use the definite article.

    Countries

    Rivers

    the Bahamas

    the Amazon

    the Cayman Islands

    the Colorado

    the Central African Republic

    the Columbia

    the Channel Islands

    the Danube

    the Comoros

    the Don

    the Czech Republic

    the Euphrates

    the Dominican Republic

    the Ganges

    the Falkland Islands

    the Huang

    the Gambia

    the Hudson

    the Isle of Man

    the Indus

    the Ivory Coast

    the Jordan

    the Leeward Islands

    the Lena

    the Maldives
    (the Maldive Islands)

    the Mackenzie

    the Marshall Islands

    the Mississippi

    the Netherlands
    the Netherlands Antilles
    the Philippines
    the Solomon Islands
    the Turks and Caicos
    Islands
    the United Arab Emirates
    the United Kingdom
    (of Great Britain and
    Northern Ireland)

    the Mekong
    the Missouri
    the Niger
    the Nile
    the Ob
    the Ohio
    the Orinoco
    the Po
    the Rhine
    the Rhone

    the United States


    (of America)

    the Rio Grande

    the Virgin Islands

    the Seine

    the St. Lawrence

    Gulfs, Oceans,
    Seas, Straits
    the Adriatic Sea
    the Aegean Sea
    the Arabian Sea
    the Arctic Ocean
    the Atlantic (Ocean)
    the Baltic (Sea)
    the Black Sea
    the Caribbean (Sea)
    the Caspian (Sea)
    the Coral Sea
    the Gulf of Aden
    the Gulf of Mexico
    the Gulf of Oman
    Mountain Ranges

    Other Features
    the equator
    the Far East
    the Gobi (desert)
    the Kalahari (desert)
    the Middle East
    the Near East
    the North Pole
    the Occident
    the Orient
    the Panama Canal
    the Sahara (desert)
    the South Pole
    the Suez Canal
    the Tropic of Cancer
    the Tropic of Capricorn

    the Alps
    the Andes
    the Appalachians
    the Atlas Mountains
    the Caucasus
    the Himalayas
    the Pyrenees
    the Rockies
    (the Rocky Mountains)
    the Urals

    the Tagus
    the Thames
    the Tiber
    the Tigris
    the Volga
    the Yangtze
    1 'The' with Countries, Rivers, etc.
    by Alex
    LangVid Language Training, 2013

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