Vital articles is a list of subjects for which Wikipedia should have corresponding high-quality articles. It serves as a centralized watchlist to track the status of Wikipedia's most essential articles. This is one of eleven Level 4 sub-lists of ten thousand articles and is currently under construction.
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Featured articles
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A-class articles
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Good articles
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Delisted good articles
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C-class articles
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Start-class articles
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Stub-class articles
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List-class articles
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The progress bar is auto-updated via category count, and the symbols and article counts are updated daily by User:cewbot. Please read the FAQ before modifying the article list.
This list is tailored to the English-language Wikipedia. There is also a list of ten thousand articles considered vital to Wikipedias of all languages.
For more information on this list and the process for adding articles, please see the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page.
Geography (1,204 articles)
See also Physical sciences/Earth science.
Basics (36 articles)
General (3 articles)Continents (9 articles) |
Cartography (15 articles) |
Earth (9 articles)
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Physical geography (381 articles)
Bodies of water (189 articles)
Oceans and seas (55 articles)
Lakes (38 articles)
Africa (10 articles)Europe (3 articles) |
Americas (12 articles)North America (10 articles)South America (2 articles) |
Asia (11 articles)
Antarctica (1 article)Oceania (1 article)
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Rivers (67 articles)
Asia (25 articles) |
Americas (19 articles)North America (9 articles)
South America (10 articles) |
Africa (10 articles)Europe (12 articles)Oceania (1 article)
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Straits (20 articles)
Canals (7 articles)
Shipping routes (2 articles)
Other hydrologic features (11 articles)
Waterfalls (4 articles) |
Seabed (3 articles)Wetlands (1 article) |
Glaciers (2 articles)Aquifers (1 article)
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Islands (77 articles)
Africa (5 articles)Americas (21 articles)Caribbean (8 articles)North America (8 articles)South America (5 articles) |
Asia (25 articles)
Antarctica (1 article) |
Europe (15 articles)
Oceania (10 articles)
New Zealand (2 articles)
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Peninsulas (16 articles)
Africa (2 articles)Americas (3 articles) |
Asia (6 articles) |
Europe (4 articles)Antarctica (1 article)
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Land relief (53 articles)
General (2 articles)Americas (14 articles)North America (7 articles)
South America (7 articles)Antarctica (1 article) |
Asia (17 articles)Southern Asia (5 articles)Western Asia (5 articles)Eastern Asia (4 articles)Central and Northern Asia (3 articles) |
Europe (8 articles)
Africa (7 articles)
Oceania (4 articles)
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Mountain peaks (22 articles)
Africa (2 articles)Asia (7 articles) |
Americas (4 articles)Oceania (3 articles) |
Europe (5 articles)Antarctica (1 article)
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Deserts (10 articles)
Forests (3 articles)
Parks and preserves (18 articles)
General (3 articles)Africa (4 articles)
Asia (1 article) |
Americas (7 articles)North America (6 articles)
South America (1 article) |
Europe (1 article)Oceania (2 articles)
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Countries (207 articles)
Americas (35 articles)
North America (10 articles) |
South America (12 articles) |
Caribbean (13 articles)
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Africa (54 articles)
East Africa (16 articles)
North Africa (6 articles) |
West Africa (16 articles)
Southern Africa (5 articles) |
Central Africa (11 articles)
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Asia (47 articles)
East Asia (5 articles)Southeast Asia (11 articles) |
West Asia (18 articles) |
South Asia (8 articles)Central Asia (5 articles)
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Europe (45 articles)
Central and Eastern Europe (18 articles) |
Western Europe (12 articles) |
Northern Europe (8 articles)Southern Europe (7 articles)
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Oceania (14 articles)
Unrecognized or largely unrecognized states, and disputed regions (11 articles)
State-like entities (1 article)
Regions and country subdivisions (111 articles)
General (4 articles)Africa (7 articles)Americas (24 articles)
Canada (4 articles)United States (13 articles)
Oceania (4 articles) |
Asia (42 articles)
China (15 articles)
India (9 articles)
Indonesia (2 articles)Middle East (4 articles)Pakistan (2 articles) |
Europe (30 articles)General (1 article)Belgium (2 articles)Eastern Europe (2 articles)France (2 articles)Germany (1 article)Italy (1 article)Northern Europe (1 article)Romania (3 articles)Russia (7 articles)Spain (4 articles)United Kingdom (6 articles)
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Cities (451 articles)
Urban studies and planning (16 articles)
Africa (69 articles)
East Africa (16 articles)Ethiopia (3 articles)Kenya (2 articles)Mozambique (2 articles)Central Africa (8 articles)Cameroon (2 articles)Democratic Republic of the Congo (3 articles) |
West Africa (20 articles)Ghana (2 articles)Nigeria (9 articles)Southern Africa (7 articles)South Africa (5 articles) |
North Africa (18 articles)Algeria (3 articles)Egypt (6 articles)Libya (2 articles)Morocco (4 articles)Sudan (2 articles)
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Americas (88 articles)
Asia (177 articles)
Central Asia (4 articles)Kazakhstan (2 articles)Uzbekistan (2 articles)East Asia (56 articles)China (35 articles)
Japan (10 articles)North Korea (1 article)South Korea (6 articles)Mongolia (1 article)Taiwan (3 articles) |
South Asia (48 articles)Bangladesh (3 articles)India (34 articles)
Pakistan (9 articles)Southeast Asia (26 articles)Myanmar (2 articles)Indonesia (10 articles) |
Malaysia (2 articles)Philippines (4 articles)Thailand (2 articles)Vietnam (4 articles)West Asia (43 articles)Afghanistan (3 articles)Iraq (3 articles)Iran (8 articles)Israel (2 articles)Saudi Arabia (4 articles)Syria (2 articles)Turkey (8 articles)United Arab Emirates (2 articles)Yemen (2 articles)
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Europe (92 articles)
Central and Eastern Europe (35 articles)Russia (13 articles)
Poland (6 articles)Ukraine (6 articles)Other Central and Eastern Europe (10 articles) |
Western Europe (35 articles)UK and Ireland (10 articles)France (8 articles)Germany (9 articles)Netherlands (3 articles)Belgium (2 articles)Switzerland (2 articles)Austria (1 article) |
Northern Europe (7 articles)Nordic countries (4 articles)Baltic states (3 articles)Southern Europe (15 articles)Italy (9 articles)Spain (5 articles)Portugal (1 article)
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