WORLD MAPPING

By Shivam Saxena
 SOUTH AMERICA
• Lakes
• Venezuela → Lake Maracaibo (lagoon) (SAm biggest lake)
• Titicaca lake → border of Peru & Bolivia (highest navigable lake)
• Bolivia → Lake Poopo
• Brazil → Lake Patos (Lagoon)
• Mountain
• Mt. Andes → longest mountain range in the world (fold mountains), pacific ocean
(part of 7 countries)
• Argentina and Chile border →
• Aconcagua (EV, highest of Sam)
• Ojasdel Salado (highest AV)
• Peru
• Mt. Misti, Huascaran Mt. (both AV)
• Ecuador
• Chimborazo (DV), Cotopaxi (AV)
• Colombia
• Cordilleras

• Plateau
• Bolivian plateau → Bolivia + Peru (aka Altiplano plateau)
• Patagonia plateau → Argentina
• Mato Groso plateau → Brazil
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• Grasslands
• Argentina → Pampas (Temperate), Alfa-Alfa grass
• Venezuela → Llanos (Temperate)
• Brazil → Catingas, Campos, Cerrodos (tropical)
• Deserts
• Chile → Atacama desert (near coast area), driest desert
• Argentina→ Patagoma desert (rainshadow area of Andes)

• Rivers
• Amazon river
• Origin: Peru/Andes → Colombia → Brazil (mouth of river Macapa)
• Stream Montero,
• Largest river of world, 2nd longest after Nile
• Natural rubber in its forest area
• Madeira (largest tributary),
• Selvas evergreen rain forest around amazon
• Orino river (Venezuela)
• Magdalena river (Colombia)
• Parana river (Brazil+Paragua+Argentina) (mouth of river LaPlata)
• Itaipu Dam (Sam largest)
• Straits
• Strait Magellan, Drake passage (between Sam & Antartica)
 AFRICA
• Straits
• Strait of Gibraltar → divides Africa & Europe or Morocco & Spain
• Connects NAO & Alboran sea (Mediterranean)
• Strait of Bob-al Mandeb → separates Africa & Asia or Djibouti &
Yemen
• Also connects Red Sea & Gulf of Stream
• Sinai Peninsula (Egypt) → connects Africa & Asia or Egypt & Israel via
landmass
• Suez canal joins Mediterranean and Red sea
• Lakes in Africa
• Egypt → Al-Manzila, Tunisha, Great Bitter lake, little bitter lake (all on
Suez canal)
• Sudan → Lake Nasser (on Nile)
• Uganda/DRC border → Lake Albert, Lake Edward
• Lake Tangnayika (Tanzania+ Burundi+ DRC+ Zambia) (longest lake)
• Lake Malawi or Lake Nyasa → (Malawai+ Tanzania+ Mozambique)
• Ghana → Lake Volta
• Lake Chad → chad+ Nigeria+ Cameroon+ niger
• Lake Victoria → Uganda+ kenya+ Tanzania (equator passes) (largest)
• Zambia → Lake Kariba
 AFRICA
• Deserts
• Sahara desert → (largest of world)

• Libyan Desert (Libya)

• Mubian desert (sudan)

• Kalahari desert (Botswana)

• Namibia desert (Namibia)

• Grassland
• Savannah (sudan) (elephanta grass 9-10 ft)

• Velds (S Africa)

• Mountains
• Atlas mountain → Morocco + Algeria+ tunusia) (fold mountains)

• Hoggas/Ahaggar (Algeria)

• Tibesti mountain (Libya+ Chad)

• Drakensberg (S Africa)(old residual)

• Rashdasen (Ethiopia)

• Kili monjaro → Tanzania (EV), highest peak of Africa

• Mt Cameroon (AV)

• Rivers
• Limpopo → origin S Africa, cuts Capricorn twice

• Orange → Origin S Africa

• Congo/Zaire → origin DRC, cuts equator twice, deepest river of world

• Niger → origin Guinea

• Nile (Khartoum) → Egypt, longest of world

 EUROPE
• Straits
• Strait of Dovar → divides Britain & France
• Strait of Murina→ separates Italy & Sicily
• Bosphorus strait → Turkey
• Strait of Kerch → Ukraine & Russia
• Mountains
• Kjolen mountains → b/w Norway & Sweden (residual mountain)
• Scandinavian → Norway and Sweden
• Harz mountain → Germany
• Black forest mountain → (Germany), (block mountains)
• Vos ayes mountain → France (block mountain)
• Massif central → France
• Apennines → Italy (lime stone hills)
• Mt Etna (Italy) AV
• Mt Vir vices (Italy) DV
• Strombo's island (Italy) AV
• Alps → Italy + France+ Switzerland + Austria
• (fold mountains), Mt blank highest peak, Matter horn in Alps
• Caucus mountains natural border between Europe & Asia
• Between black sea & Caspian sea
• Mt Elbrus highest peak
 EUROPE
• Grassland
• Purtaz → Hungary
• Steppes → Ukraine + Russia
• Bread basket of world (high wheat production)
• Lak ladoga → Finland (largest of Europe)
• Rivers
• Vistula → Origin Poland
• Oder → between Germany and France
• Elbe → Germany
• Rhine → Origin Alps (busiest waterway of Europe)
• Thames → London
• Seine (Paris)
• Po → Italy
• Tiber (Italy)(Rome city)
• Danube → origin Black forest mountain
• Longest river of Europe
• Volga (Russia)
 NORTH AMERICA
• CANADA
• Canada → Ontario lake, Great Bear lake, great slave lake
• Halafian is the western most railway point near Atlantic
• Ellesmere island, queen Elizabeth island, Devon island, Victoria island, Baffin
island
• Ungava peninsula
• Beaufort sea, Gulf of Boothia, baffin Bay, Labrador, Hudson Bay,
• UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
• Mexico → Baja peninsula (Pacific side), Fiskian peninsula (Atlantic side)
• Lakes → Great lakes (border of USA & CA)
• Supersion, Huron, Ontario, Eiere, Michigan
• Great Salt lake (Rocky mountains)
• Mountains
• Alaska → Brooks range, Alaska range (mt. McKinley aka Denali, highest
peak of NA)
• Canada → Mt. Logan (highest of CA), Mackenzie
• Rocky mountains → both in CA & USA
• Mt Elbert (highest of Rocky's)
• USA → Mt Whitney (block mountains), Appalachian mountains (residual
mountain), blue ridge mountains
 NORTH AMERICA
• Rivers
• Yukon (Alaska), St. Lawrence (CA), Colorado (USA),
Missouri/Mississippi (longest of NA), riogrande (natural
border between US & Mexico)
• Plateau
• Colombia, Colorado, Ozaki (all in USA)
• Desert
• Great Basin desert, Mohave desert, Sonoran desert,
Chihuahuan desert
• Grassland
• Prairies (US & CA)
• Straits
• Dover strait (separate Greenland & Baffin island)
• Hudson strait (separate Baffin island & Ungovea
Peninsula)
• Florida strait (separates Florida & Cuba)
• Juan de Fuca (between CA & US)
• San Francisco→ city of golden gate, silicon valley (IT
industry)
• Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania → Iron & steel capital of world
 OCEANIA
• Australia • Antarctica
• Swan River (Perth) • Aka White continent
• Darwin Port, Alice spring (crude oil) (T of Cap.) • Lambert (largest glacier)
• Desert • Onyx (longest river)
• Great sandy desert,Tanami desert • Mt. Erebus (highest) (AV)
• Gibson desert • Lake Vostok (largest)
• Great Victoria desert, Simpson desert • Vinson massif (highest peak)
• Lakes • 3 Indian observatories
• Lake Eyre (s. Australia) • Dakshin Gangotri (1983), Maitri (1988-90), Bharti
• Lake woods (n.Australia) (2015)
• Lake disappointment (w. Australia) • Arctic → Indian observatories
• Mountains • Himadri, IndArc
• Great dividing range (whole eastern border) • New Zealand
• McDonald Range (central Australia) • Wanganui river (living entity status 1st in world)
• Sea • Mt Cook (highest)
• Gulf of Carpentaria, coral sea,Tasman sea, Bass strait • White island (AV)
 SOUTH EAST ASIA
• Indonesia → important islands
• Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Lombok
• Malaysia → E Malaysia (border with Borneo) W Malaysia
(border with Thailand)
• Japan → 4 islands
• Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
• Kuril island (N of Japan) dispute between Russia and Japan
• Shanklin island, Kamchatka peninsula Russia
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• Strait of Hormuz (between Iran and Oman)

• Palk strait (India and Sri lanka)
• Malacca strait (Sumatra and Indonesia)
• Sunda strait (Sumatra and java)
• Johar strait (w Malaysia & Singapore)
• Isthmus strait (Andaman & gulf of Thailand)
• Taiwan strait (China and Taiwan)
• Bering strait (Russia and Alaska)
• Taurus strait (Asia and Australia)
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• Lake Baikal in Russia (deepest of world, source of Lena river)

• Lake Balkash (Kazakhstan)
• Aral Sea (Kazakhstan + Uzbekistan)
• Caspian sea (Kazakhstan + Turkmenistan + Russia + Azerbaijan + Iran)
(largest lake of world)
• Lake Urmia (iran)
• Lake Von (turkey) Saltiest lake
• Dead sea (Jordan+ Israel)
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• Saudi Arabia → Al Nafeed, Rub Al Kholi

• Negev (Israel)
• Iran → Dasht e Kavir, Dasht e lut
• Karakum (Turkmenistan)
• Taklamakan (China)
• Gobi (China + Mongolia)
• Shan plateau → Mynmar
• Analolian plateau → Turkey
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• China → Tinushan, Altunshan, Kunlunshan

• Altai mountains → natual border b/w china and Mongolia
• Mynmar → Arkan yoma, Pegu yoma
• Iran → Zagras, Damavand (AV), Elbruz
• Hindukush (AFG)
• Pakistan → Kirthan range, Sulaiman Range
• Russia → Ural mountains
• Japan → Mt Fuji (AV)
• Philipinnes → Mt Pinatubo, toal volcano, Mayon volcano (All AV)
• Indonesia → Karkatoa, Agung, Sinabung, Merapi, Semeru, Rinjani,Tonga,
Batur (All AV)
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• Russia → Ob river, Yenisey, Lena, Amur

• China → Huang Ho (aka yellow river, sorrow of china), Yangtze (longest
of Asia), Sukiang (silk production in basin area)
• Mekong → China, Mynmar, Laos,Thailand, combodia, Vietnam → China
sea (longest of SE Asia)
• Thailand → Chao Phraya
• Mynmar → Salween (longest of Mynmar), Irawaddy (lifeline of Mynmar)
• Tigris and Euphrates → origin turkey → Iran → Persian Gulf