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A satellite image of the world with continents, countries, oceans, seas, and major geographical features. Learn about the extreme points, highest mountains, largest lakes, and other fun facts of Earth.
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Feb 13, 2024 · Blank world maps are widely used in geography teaching and to outline different parts of the world. To understand the geography of planet Earth, students need to learn about the physical locations of continents, countries, oceans, rivers, lakes, mountain ranges, and more.
- Continents
- Deserts
- Mountain Ranges
- Oceans
- Lakes
- Rivers
The physical landmass of the world, i.e. of the planet Earth, is divided into seven continents. They are Africa, North America, South America, Europe, Australia, Asia and Antarctica (it being the only uninhabited continent). Asia, with 29% of the world landmass, is the largest and Australia with 5.9% of the landmass, the smallest. Mount Everest is ...
Deserts, places on Earth which have very little rainfall, can be either hot or cold. They occupy about 33% of the world landmass. The polar deserts of Antarctica and Arctic Circle are the largest cold deserts, and the Sahara and the Arabian Desert are the largest subtropical or hot deserts. Gobi and Kalahari are other large deserts.
Mountains cover 24% of the Earth's landmass and are spread over all the continents. Asia has the largest area covered with mountains and Africa the least with only 3%. The Himalayas, Earth's youngest mountains are also the highest. These mountains are still growing. Mount Everest at 8,848 metres is the highest peak and K2 at 8,611 metres, the secon...
Over two-thirds of the Earth's surface is covered with water, and of this, more than 97% of this water is in the oceans. The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest ocean in the world. The other oceans are Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, Southern and Arctic.
The Earth is dotted with lakes - bodies of fresh or saltwater surrounded by a landmass. The northern hemisphere has the majority of freshwater lakes. The Aral Sea, Dead Sea, and the Great Salt Lake are saltwater lakes. The Caspian Sea, if considered as a lake, is the largest. Other large lakes are Lake Michigan in North America, Lake Victoria in Af...
Rivers are watercourses flowing towards the oceans, seas, lakes or another river. The Nile River in Africa, which has a length of 6,695 kilometres, is the longest in the world. The Amazon, which is the second-largest river, is in South America. River Congo in Africa is the deepest river though it is the ninth longest. Other notable rivers are the B...
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A PDF file of a physical map of the world, showing the major landforms, bodies of water, and political boundaries. The map covers the Arctic, Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Southern Oceans, as well as the continents and islands.
Physical World Maps, geographical maps in various formats, projections, styles – by freeworldmaps.net ... Outline World Maps. Countries of the World.
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