Canada and The United States
- Pembina Escarpment in the U.S. and Canada
- Pembina River (North Dakota) (also flows through Manitoba)
- Pembina Valley, a morphological feature in North Dakota, United States and Manitoba, Canada
- Pembina Band of Chippewa Indians, a historical tribe that lived along upper Red River of the North and its tributaries
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