Pinneberg is a town in northern Germany, located 18 km northwest of Hamburg. Town has approximately 43,500 inhabitants as of 2022
Newcastle is located at the mouth of the Hunter River in New South Wales. The metropolitan area has a population of 682,465 (2021). The Greater Newcastle includes five LGAs: Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, Cessnock, Maitland and Port Stephens
Houston is Texas's most populous city and fourth largest in the US. Located in southeastern Texas, connected to Galveston by Ship Channel. Situated at 55 feet above sea level on Gulf Coastal Plain. First settlement Harrisburg destroyed by Santa Anna in 1836
Shaanxi is a northern Chinese province with 75,600 square miles and 39.5 million inhabitants. The capital is Xi'an located in the south-central part of the province. The province is bordered by Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Henan, Hubei, Sichuan, Gansu, and Ningxia
Second longest Chinese river, 3,395 miles long. Drains 290,000 square miles of basin in northern China. Known as "China's Sorrow" due to frequent flooding. Named after fine loess sediments carried to Yellow Sea
Region extends from Istanbul to Georgia border. Damp winds create rainy, green landscape. Semi-tropical heat sets in July-August. Coastal mountains reach grandeur near Georgian border