Physical Map of the World

The total land area on the surface of the world is around 148,647,000 square kilometers. The highest elevation point in the world is the Mount Everest peak (8,850 meter) of the Himalayan Range and the lowest point is the Dead Sea (–411 meter).

The World’s Physical Map depicts the main features of elevation and depression on the earth's surface. The map is also the most graphic representation of the earth's various contours and its most prominent physical features.

Mountains: Mountains are one of the most prominent of the earth's landforms. Some of the world's greatest mountain ranges as shown in the physical map of the world include the Rockies and the Appalachians in North America, the Andes in South America, the Atlas Mountains and Drakensberge Mountain Range in Africa, the Alps, the Carpathian Mountains in Europe, the Himalayas, the Urals, the Caucasus, the Elburz, Altay, Kunlun and the Zagros mountain ranges in Asia, and the Great Dividing Range in Australia. Some of the most prominent highlands of the world are also featured including the Guiana Highlands and the Brazilian Highlands in South America, the Ethiopian Highlands in Africa, and the Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats in India.

Plateaus : Plateaus are also prominent landforms and are generally flat land areas, but with an altitude. Plateaus are normally bounded by an escarpment on all sides and some are also surrounded by mountains. Some of the most famous plateaus of the world as depicted in the physical map of the world are the Mexican Plateau, Tibetan Plateau, Central Siberian Plateau, and the Kimberley Plateau in Australia.

Plains : Plain lands form another important physical landform on the earth's surface. The World Physical Map represents the different Plains and river valleys on the earth's surface including the Great Plains and the Coastal Plain of North America, the Northern European Plains, the West Siberian Plain, the Indus Valley, the Gangetic Plain and the Brahmaputra Valley in India, the North China Plain, and the Nullarbor Plain in Australia.

World Travel:For an intimate acquaintance with the amazing wonders of natural creation, one needs to travel around the globe. One can visit the section on world travel maps which could serve as an excellent guide for finding the best places to visit along with exhaustive information on cheap flights, affordable accommodations or travel packages around the world.

One can easily make worldwide hotel, car and air reservations with the help of relevant links provided in the section.

Deserts : A desert is a vast land area that is extremely dry with little or no vegetation. Some definitions of a desert also include areas that are too cold to support any vegetation such as frigid or Polar areas. The World’s Physical Map shows the location of some of the world’s largest deserts including the Sahara, Kalahari and Namib deserts in Africa, the Arabian Desert, the Thar Desert, the Gobi Desert and the Takla Makan Desert in Asia, the Sonoran Desert in North America, the Atacama Desert in South America, and the Simpson Desert and the Great Sandy Desert in Australia.

Oceans and Seas : The Physical Map of the World shows the earth’s oceans and the adjacent seas, gulfs and bays. Some of them include the Pacific Ocean encompassing the Bering Sea, the Sea of Okhotsk, the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea, and the South China Sea, the Atlantic Ocean encompassing the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the Baffin Bay, the Baltic Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Black Sea, and the Indian Ocean encompassing the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea, the Andaman Sea, the Bay of Bengal, the Gulf of Aden, the Gulf of Oman, and the Great Australian Bight.

Rivers and Lakes : The main accessible sources of fresh water on the earth's surface are the rivers and the lakes. The World Physical Map shows the direction of flow of some of the most important rivers of the world including the Mississippi and the Missouri in North America, the Amazon and the Orinoco in South America, the Nile, the Niger, the Congo and the Zambezi in Africa, the Danube, the Dniester, the Dnieper and the Volga in Europe, the Euphrates, the Indus, the Ganges, the Brahmaputra, the Hwang Ho, the Yangtse Kiang, the Amur and the Mekong in Asia, and the Murray and Darling rivers in Australia.

The prominent lakes and inland seas that are featured in the Physical Map of the World include the Great Lakes of America including, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Superior, Lake Ontario and Lake Erie, Lake Titicaca in South America, Lake Chad, Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika and Lake Malawi in Africa, the Black Sea in Europe, the Caspian Sea and Lake Baikal in Asia and Lake Eyre in Australia.