Tokeh is a coastal town on Sierra Leone’s Freetown Peninsula in the Western Area Rural District, between River No. 2 and York. Fishing and tourism are important parts of the local economy, while the town is surrounded by forested hills and the Atlantic Ocean.

Tola is a coastal municipality in Nicaragua's Rivas department, extending along a long stretch of the country's southwestern Pacific shoreline. Its landscape combines sandy beaches, rocky headlands, tropical vegetation, farmland, and small rural communities. Tola is particularly known for its many beaches, including Playa Gigante, Playa Amarillo, Playa Colorado, Playa Guasacate, Playa Popoyo, and Playa Astillero.

Malacca, also known as Melaka, sits along Malaysia’s west coast and is one of Southeast Asia’s most historically layered cities.

Mayarí is a town and municipality in Holguín Province in eastern Cuba, surrounded by a landscape of low mountains, forests, farmland, and rivers. The municipality extends from inland agricultural areas toward the northern coast, giving it a varied geography that includes the Sierra Cristal and fertile valleys. Mayarí is closely associated with agriculture and the cultivation of sugarcane, coffee, cacao, and other crops, while nearby reservoirs and rivers support farming and local communities.

The River Nile, most often associated with Egypt and its ancient civilizations, actually flows through eight other countries including Uganda, Ethiopia, Sudan, and Kenya. It is formed by two major tributaries, the White Nile and Blue Nile, and is considered by many to be the longest river in the world when measured from its source waters in Rwanda and Burundi.