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airports
airports with paved runways 1524 to 2437 m
airports with paved runways 2438 to 3047 m
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This entry contains a brief description of the topography.
World
highest elevation is Mt
. Everest at 8848 meters and lowest depression is the Dead Sea at 392 meters below sea level; greatest ocean depth is the Marianas Trench at 10924 meters
1
Afghanistan
0
2
Palmyra Atoll
low with maximum elevations of about 2 meters
3
New Caledonia
coastal plains with interior mountains
4
New Zealand
predominately mountainous with some large coastal plains
5
Nicaragua
extensive Atlantic coastal plains rising to central interior mountains; narrow Pacific coastal plain interrupted by volcanoes
6
Niger
predominately desert plains and sand dunes; flat to rolling plains in south; hills in north
7
Nigeria
southern lowlands merge into central hills and plateaus; mountains in southeast plains in north
8
Niue
steep limestone cliffs along coast central plateau
9
Norfolk Island
volcanic formation with mostly rolling plains
10
North Korea
mostly hills and mountains separated by deep narrow valleys; coastal plains wide in west discontinuous in east
11
Northern Mariana Islands
southern islands are limestone with level terraces and fringing coral reefs; northern islands are volcanic; highest elevation is 471 meters
12
Norway
glaciated; mostly high plateaus and rugged mountains broken by fertile valleys; small scattered plains; coastline deeply indented by fjords; arctic tundra in north
13
Oman
vast central desert plain rugged mountains in north and south
14
Pacific Ocean
surface in the northern Pacific dominated by a clockwise warm-water gyre
15
Balochistan plateau in west
flat Indus plain in east; mountains in north and northwest;
16
Panama
interior mostly steep rugged mountains and dissected upland plains; coastal areas largely plains and rolling hills
17
Nepal
Terai or flat river plain of the Ganges in south central hill region rugged Himalayas in north
18
Papua New Guinea
mostly mountains with coastal lowlands and rolling foothills
19
Paracel Islands
undetermined
20
Paraguay
grassy plains and wooded hills east of Rio Paraguay; Gran Chaco region west of Rio Paraguay mostly low marshy plain near the river and dry forest and thorny scrub elsewhere
21
Peru
western coastal plain
22
Philippines
mostly mountains with narrow to extensive coastal lowlands
23
Pitcairn Islands
rugged volcanic formation; rocky coastline with cliffs
24
Poland
mostly flat plain; mountains along southern border
25
Portugal
mountainous north of the Tagus rolling plains in south
26
Puerto Rico
mostly mountains with coastal plain belt in north; mountains precipitous to sea on west coast
27
Qatar
mostly flat and barren desert covered with loose sand and gravel
28
Moldavia on the east by the Carpathian Mountains and separated from the
central Transylvanian Basin is separated from the plain of
29
Russia
broad plain with low hills west of Urals; vast coniferous forest and tundra in Siberia; uplands and mountains along southern border regions
30
Rwanda
mostly grassy uplands and hills; mountains in west
31
Netherlands Antilles
generally hilly volcanic interiors
32
Navassa Island
raised coral and limestone plateau flat to undulating; ringed by vertical white cliffs
33
Saint Helena
rugged volcanic; small scattered plateaus and plains
34
Malta
mostly low rocky flat to dissected plains; many coastal cliffs
35
Lesotho
mostly highland with some plateaus hills and mountains
36
Liberia
mostly flat to rolling coastal plains rising to rolling plateau and low mountains in northeast
37
Libya
mostly barren flat to undulating plains plateaus depressions
38
Liechtenstein
mostly mountainous
39
Lithuania
lowland many scattered small lakes fertile soil
40
Luxembourg
mostly gently rolling uplands with broad shallow valleys; uplands to slightly mountainous in the north; steep slope down to Moselle floodplain in the southeast
41
Macau
generally flat
42
Macedonia
mountainous territory covered with deep basins and valleys; there are three large lakes each divided by a frontier line
43
Madagascar
narrow coastal plain high plateau and mountains in center
44
Malawi
narrow elongated plateau with rolling plains rounded hills some mountains
45
Malaysia
coastal plains rising to hills and mountains
46
Maldives
flat with elevations only as high as 2
.5 meters
47
Mali
mostly flat to rolling northern plains covered by sand; savanna in south rugged hills in northeast
48
Marshall Islands
low coral limestone and sand islands
49
Nauru
sandy beach rises to fertile ring around raised coral reefs with phosphate plateau in center
50
Martinique
mountainous with indented coastline; dormant volcano
51
Mauritania
mostly barren flat plains of the Sahara; some central hills
52
Mauritius
small coastal plain rising to discontinuous mountains encircling central plateau
53
Mayotte
generally undulating with ancient volcanic peaks deep ravines
54
Mexico
high rugged mountains low coastal plains high plateaus and desert
55
Midway Islands
low nearly level
56
Moldova
rolling steppe gradual slope south to Black Sea
57
Monaco
hilly rugged rocky
58
Mongolia
vast semidesert and desert plains; mountains in west and southwest; Gobi Desert in southeast
59
Montserrat
volcanic islands mostly mountainous with small coastal lowland
60
Morocco
mostly mountains with rich coastal plains
61
Mozambique
mostly coastal lowlands uplands in center high plateaus in northwest mountains in west
62
Myanmar
central lowlands ringed by steep rugged highlands
63
Namibia
mostly high plateau; Namib Desert along coast; Kalahari Desert in east
64
Réunion
mostly rugged and mountainous; fertile lowlands along coast
65
Saint Kitts and Nevis
volcanic with mountainous interiors
66
Latvia
low plain
67
United Arab Emirates
flat barren coastal plain merging into rolling sand dunes of vast desert waste- land; mountains in east
68
Togo
gently rolling savanna in north; central hills; southern plateau; low coastal plain with extensive lagoons and marshes
69
Tokelau
coral atolls enclosing large lagoons
70
Tonga
most islands have limestone base formed from uplifted coral formation; others have limestone overlying volcanic base
71
Trinidad and Tobago
mostly plains with some hills and low mountains
72
Tromelin Island
sandy
73
Tunisia
mountains in north; hot dry central plain; semiarid south merges into the Sahara
74
Turkey
mostly mountains; narrow coastal plain; high central plateau
75
Turkmenistan
flat-to-rolling sandy desert with dunes; borders Caspian Sea in west
76
Turks and Caicos Islands
low flat limestone; extensive marshes and mangrove swamps
77
Tuvalu
very low-lying and narrow coral atolls
78
U.S. Virgin Islands
mostly hilly to rugged and mountainous with little level land
79
Uganda
mostly plateau with rim of mountains
80
Ukraine
most of Ukraine consists of fertile plains
81
United Kingdom
mostly rugged hills and low mountains; level to rolling plains in east and southeast
82
The Gambia
flood plain of the Gambia River flanked by some low hills
83
United States
vast central plain mountains in west hills and low mountains in east; rugged mountains and broad river valleys in Alaska; rugged volcanic topography in Hawaii
84
Uruguay
mostly rolling plains and low hills; fertile coastal lowland
85
Sea in west
mostly flat-to-rolling sandy desert with dunes; Fergana valley in east surrounded by mountainous Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan; shrinking Aral
86
Vanuatu
mostly mountains of volcanic origin; narrow coastal plains
87
Venezuela
Andes mountains and Maracaibo lowlands in northwest; central plains
88
Vietnam
low flat delta in south and north; central highlands; hilly mountainous in far north and northwest
89
Wake Island
atoll of three coral islands built up on an underwater volcano; central lagoon is former crater islands are part of the rim; average elevation less than four meters
90
Wallis and Futuna
volcanic origin; low hills
91
West Bank
mostly rugged dissected upland some vegetation in west but barren in east
92
Western Sahara
mostly low flat desert with large areas of rocky or sandy surfaces rising to small mountains in south and northeast
93
Western Samoa
narrow coastal plain with volcanic rocky rugged mountains in interior
94
Yemen
narrow coastal plain backed by flat-topped hills and rugged mountains; dissected upland desert plains in center slope into the desert interior of the Arabian Peninsula
95
Zaire
vast central basin is a low-lying plateau; mountains in east
96
Zambia
mostly high plateau with some hills and mountains
97
The Netherlands
mostly coastal lowland and reclaimed land
98
The Bahamas
long flat coral formations with some low rounded hills
99
Saint Lucia
volcanic and mountainous with some broad fertile valleys
100
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
most of the islands rising steeply from the sea are rugged and mountainous; South Georgia is largely barren and has steep glacier-covered mountains; the South Sandwich Islands are of volcanic origin with some active volcanoes
101
Vincent
volcanic mountainous; Soufriere volcano on the island of Saint
102
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
mostly barren rock
103
San Marino
rugged mountains
104
Saudi Arabia
mostly uninhabited sandy desert
105
Senegal
generally low rolling plains rising to foothills in southeast
106
Serbia and Montenegro
extremely varied; to the north rich fertile plains; to the east limestone ranges and basins; to the southeast ancient mountain and hills; to the southwest extremely high shoreline with no islands off the coast; home of largest lake in former Yugoslavia Lake Scutari
107
Seychelles
Mahe Group is granitic narrow coastal strip rocky hilly; others are coral flat elevated reefs
108
Sierra Leone
coastal belt of mangrove swamps wooded hill country upland plateau mountains in east
109
Singapore
lowland; gently undulating central plateau contains water catchment area and nature preserve
110
Slovenia
a short coastal strip on the Adriatic an alpine mountain region adjacent to Italy mixed mountain and valleys with numerous rivers to the east
111
Solomon Islands
mostly rugged mountains with some low coral atolls
112
Somalia
mostly flat to undulating plateau rising to hills in north
113
South Africa
vast interior plateau rimmed by rugged hills and narrow coastal plain
114
South Korea
mostly hills and mountains; wide coastal plains in west and south
115
Thailand
central plain; eastern plateau
116
Pyrenees in north
large flat to dissected plateau surrounded by rugged hills;
117
Spratly Islands
flat
118
Sri Lanka
mostly low flat to rolling plain; mountains in south-central interior
119
Sudan
generally flat featureless plain; mountains in east and west
120
Suriname
mostly rolling hills; narrow coastal plain with swamps
121
Svalbard
wild rugged mountains; much of high land ice covered; west coast clear of ice about half the year; fjords along west and north coasts
122
Swaziland
mostly mountains and hills; some moderately sloping plains
123
Sweden
mostly flat or gently rolling lowlands; mountains in west
124
Switzerland
mostly mountains
125
Syria
primarily semiarid and desert plateau; narrow coastal plain; mountains in west
126
São Tomé and PrÃncipe
volcanic mountainous
127
Taiwan
eastern two-thirds mostly rugged mountains; flat to gently rolling plains in west
128
Valley in north Kafirnigan and Vakhsh Valleys in southeast
Pamir and Alay Mountains dominate landscape; western Fergana
129
Tanzania
plains along coast; central plateau; highlands in north south
130
Lebanon
narrow coastal plain; Al Biqa`
131
Laos
mostly rugged mountains; some plains and plateaus
132
Albania
mostly mountains and hills; small plains along coast
133
China
mostly mountains high plateaus deserts in west; plains deltas and hills in east
134
British Virgin Islands
coral islands relatively flat; volcanic islands steep hilly
135
Brunei
flat coastal plain rises to mountains in east; hilly lowland in west
136
Bulgaria
mostly mountains with lowlands in north and south
137
Burkina Faso
mostly flat to dissected undulating plains; hills in west and southeast
138
Burundi
mostly rolling to hilly highland; some plains
139
Cabo Verde
steep rugged rocky volcanic
140
Cambodia
mostly low flat plains; mountains in southwest and north
141
Cameroon
diverse with coastal plain in southwest dissected plateau in center mountains in west plains in north
142
Canada
mostly plains with mountains in west and lowlands in southeast
143
Cayman Islands
low-lying limestone base surrounded by coral reefs
144
Central African Republic
vast flat to rolling monotonous plateau; scattered hills in northeast and southwest
145
Chad
broad arid plains in center desert in north mountains in northwest lowlands in south
146
Chile
low coastal mountains; fertile central valley; rugged Andes in east
147
Christmas Island
steep cliffs along coast rise abruptly to central plateau
148
Brazil
mostly flat to rolling lowlands in north; some plains hills mountains and narrow coastal belt
149
Clipperton Island
coral atoll
150
Cocos Islands
flat low-lying coral atolls
151
Colombia
flat coastal lowlands central highlands high Andes mountains eastern lowland plains
152
Comoros
volcanic islands interiors vary from steep mountains to low hills
153
Congo
coastal plain southern basin central plateau northern basin
154
Cook Islands
low coral atolls in north; volcanic hilly islands in south
155
Coral Sea Islands
sand and coral reefs and islands
156
Costa Rica
coastal plains separated by rugged mountains
157
Croatia
geographically diverse; flat plains along Hungarian border low mountains and highlands near Adriatic coast coastline and islands
158
Cuba
mostly flat to rolling plains with rugged hills and mountains in the southeast
159
Cyprus
central plain with mountains to north and south
160
Côte d'Ivoire
mostly flat to undulating plains; mountains in northwest
161
Denmark
low and flat to gently rolling plains
162
British Indian Ocean Territory
flat and low
163
Bouvet Island
volcanic; maximum elevation about 800 meters; coast is mostly inacessible
164
Dominica
rugged mountains of volcanic origin
165
Australia
mostly low plateau with deserts; fertile plain in southeast
166
Algeria
mostly high plateau and desert; some mountains; narrow discontinuous coastal plain
167
American Samoa
five volcanic islands with rugged peaks and limited coastal plains two coral atolls
168
Andorra
rugged mountains dissected by narrow valleys
169
Angola
narrow coastal plain rises abruptly to vast interior plateau
170
Anguilla
flat and low-lying island of coral and limestone
171
Land Wilkes Land the Antarctic Peninsula area and Ross Island on McMurdo
about 98% thick continental ice sheet and 2% barren rock with average elevations between 2000 and 4000 meters; mountain ranges up to 4897 meters high; ice-free coastal areas include parts of southern Victoria
172
Antigua and Barbuda
mostly low-lying limestone and coral islands with some higher volcanic areas
173
Arctic Ocean
central surface covered by a perennial drifting polar icepack that averages about 3 meters in thickness although pressure ridges may be three times that size; clockwise drift pattern in the Beaufort Gyral Stream but nearly straight line movement from the New Siberian Islands
174
Argentina
rich plains of the Pampas in northern half flat to rolling plateau of Patagonia in south rugged Andes along western border
175
Armenia
high Armenian Plateau with mountain; little forest land; fast flowing rivers; good soil in Aras River valley
176
Aruba
flat with a few hills; scant vegetation
177
Ashmore and Cartier Islands
low with sand and coral
178
Strait and Baltic Sea from October to June; clockwise warm water gyre
surface usually covered with sea ice in Labrador Sea Denmark
179
Austria
mostly mountains with Alps in west and south; mostly flat with gentle slopes along eastern and northern margins
180
Botswana
predominately flat to gently rolling tableland; Kalahari Desert in southwest
181
Azerbaijan
large flat Kura Lowland
182
Bahrain
mostly low desert plain rising gently to low central escarpment
183
Baker Island
low nearly level coral island surrounded by a narrow fringing reef
184
Bangladesh
mostly flat alluvial plain; hilly in southeast
185
Barbados
relatively flat; rises gently to central highland region
186
Bassas da India
a volcanic rock 2
.4 m high
187
Belarus
generally flat and contains much marshland
188
Belgium
flat coastal plains in northwest central rolling hills rugged mountains of Ardennes Forest in southeast
189
Belize
flat swampy coastal plain; low mountains in south
190
Benin
mostly flat to undulating plain; some hills and low mountains
191
Bermuda
low hills separated by fertile depressions
192
Bhutan
mostly mountainous with some fertile valleys and savanna
193
Bolivia
rugged Andes Mountains with a highland plateau
194
Bosnia and Herzegovina
mountains and valleys
195
Djibouti
coastal plain and plateau separated by central mountains
196
Dominican Republic
rugged highlands and mountains with fertile valleys interspersed
197
Kyrgyzstan
peaks of Tien Shan rise to 7000 meters and associated valleys and basins encompass entire nation
198
Isle of Man
hills in north and south bisected by central valley
199
McDonald Islands - small and rocky
Heard Island - bleak and mountainous with an extinct volcano;
200
Holy See
low hill
201
Honduras
mostly mountains in interior narrow coastal plains
202
Hong Kong
hilly to mountainous with steep slopes; lowlands in north
203
Howland Island
low-lying nearly level sandy coral island surrounded by a narrow fringing reef; depressed central area
204
Hungary
mostly flat to rolling plains
205
Iceland
mostly plateau interspersed with mountain peaks icefields; coast deeply indented by bays and fiords
206
India
upland plain
207
Indian Ocean
surface dominated by counterclockwise gyre
208
Indonesia
mostly coastal lowlands; larger islands have interior mountains
209
Iran
rugged mountainous rim; high central basin with deserts mountains; small discontinuous plains along both coasts
210
Iraq
mostly broad plains; reedy marshes in southeast; mountains along borders with Iran and Turkey
211
Ireland
mostly level to rolling interior plain surrounded by rugged hills and low mountains; sea cliffs on west coast
212
Israel
Negev desert in the south; low coastal plain; central mountains; Jordan Rift Valley
213
Guyana
mostly rolling highlands; low coastal plain; savanna in south
214
Italy
mostly rugged and mountainous; some plains coastal lowlands
215
Jamaica
mostly mountains with narrow discontinuous coastal plain
216
Jan Mayen
volcanic island partly covered by glaciers; Beerenberg is the highest peak with an elevation of 2277 meters
217
Japan
mostly rugged and mountainous
218
Jarvis Island
sandy coral island surrounded by a narrow fringing reef
219
Jersey
gently rolling plain with low rugged hills along north coast
220
Johnston Atoll
mostly flat with a maximum elevation of 4 meters
221
Rift Valley separates East and West Banks of the Jordan River
mostly desert plateau in east highland area in west; Great
222
Juan de Nova Island
undetermined
223
Kazakhstan
extends from the Volga to the Altai mountains and from the plains in western Siberia to oasis and desert in Central Asia
224
Valley; fertile plateau in west
low plains rise to central highlands bisected by Great Rift
225
Kingman Reef
low and nearly level with a maximum elevation of about 1 meter
226
Kiribati
mostly low-lying coral atolls surrounded by extensive reefs
227
Kuwait
flat to slightly undulating desert plain
228
Haiti
mostly rough and mountainous
229
Guinea
generally flat coastal plain hilly to mountainous interior
230
Ecuador
coastal plain
231
French Polynesia
mixture of rugged high islands and low islands with reefs
232
Egypt
vast desert plateau interrupted by Nile valley and delta
233
El Salvador
mostly mountains with narrow coastal belt and central plateau
234
Equatorial Guinea
coastal plains rise to interior hills; islands are volcanic
235
Estonia
marshy lowlands
236
Valley
high plateau with central mountain range divided by Great Rift
237
Europa Island
NA
238
Falkland Islands
rocky hilly mountainous with some boggy undulating plains
239
Faroe Islands
rugged rocky some low peaks; cliffs along most of coast
240
Federated States of Micronesia
islands vary geologically from high mountainous islands to low coral atolls; volcanic outcroppings on Pohnpei Kosrae and Truk
241
Fiji
mostly mountains of volcanic origin
242
Finland
mostly low flat to rolling plains interspersed with lakes and low hills
243
France
mostly flat plains or gently rolling hills in north and west; remainder is mountainous especially Pyrenees in south Alps in east
244
French Guiana
low-lying coastal plains rising to hills and small mountains
245
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
volcanic
246
Guinea-Bissau
mostly low coastal plain rising to savanna in east
247
Gabon
narrow coastal plain; hilly interior; savanna in east and south
248
Gaza Strip
flat to rolling sand- and dune- covered coastal plain
249
Black Sea in the west; Kura River Basin in the east; good soils in river valley flood plains foothills of Colchis lowland
largely mountainous with Great Caucasus Mountains in the north and Lesser Caucasus Mountains in the south; Colchis lowland opens to the
250
Germany
lowlands in north uplands in center Bavarian Alps in south
251
Ghana
mostly low plains with dissected plateau in south-central area
252
Gibraltar
a narrow coastal lowland borders The Rock
253
Glorioso Islands
undetermined
254
Greece
mostly mountains with ranges extending into sea as peninsulas or chains of islands
255
Greenland
flat to gradually sloping icecap covers all but a narrow mountainous barren rocky coast
256
Grenada
volcanic in origin with central mountains
257
Grand-Terre is low limestone formation
Basse-Terre is volcanic in origin with interior mountains;
258
Guam
volcanic origin surrounded by coral reefs; relatively flat coraline limestone plateau
259
Guatemala
mostly mountains with narrow coastal plains and rolling limestone plateau
260
Guernsey
mostly level with low hills in southwest
261
Zimbabwe
mostly high plateau with higher central plateau
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