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This entry contains a brief description of the topography.
World
the greatest ocean depth is the Mariana Trench at 10924 m in the Pacific Ocean
1
Afghanistan
0
2
Pakistan
flat Indus plain in east; mountains in north and northwest; Balochistan plateau in west
3
Netherlands Antilles
generally hilly volcanic interiors
4
New Caledonia
coastal plains with interior mountains
5
New Zealand
predominately mountainous with some large coastal plains
6
Nicaragua
extensive Atlantic coastal plains rising to central interior mountains; narrow Pacific coastal plain interrupted by volcanoes
7
Niger
predominately desert plains and sand dunes; flat to rolling plains in south; hills in north
8
Nigeria
southern lowlands merge into central hills and plateaus; mountains in southeast plains in north
9
Niue
steep limestone cliffs along coast central plateau
10
Norfolk Island
volcanic formation with mostly rolling plains
11
North Korea
mostly hills and mountains separated by deep narrow valleys; coastal plains wide in west discontinuous in east
12
Northern Mariana Islands
southern islands are limestone with level terraces and fringing coral reefs; northern islands are volcanic
13
Norway
glaciated; mostly high plateaus and rugged mountains broken by fertile valleys; small scattered plains; coastline deeply indented by fjords; arctic tundra in north
14
Oman
central desert plain rugged mountains in north and south
15
Pacific Ocean
surface currents in the northern Pacific are dominated by a clockwise warm-water gyre
16
Palau
varying geologically from the high mountainous main island of Babelthuap to low coral islands usually fringed by large barrier reefs
17
Navassa Island
raised coral and limestone plateau flat to undulating; ringed by vertical white cliffs
18
Palmyra Atoll
very low
19
Panama
interior mostly steep rugged mountains and dissected upland plains; coastal areas largely plains and rolling hills
20
Papua New Guinea
mostly mountains with coastal lowlands and rolling foothills
21
Paracel Islands
mostly low and flat
22
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
23
Peru
western coastal plain
24
Philippines
mostly mountains with narrow to extensive coastal lowlands
25
Pitcairn Islands
rugged volcanic formation; rocky coastline with cliffs
26
Poland
mostly flat plain; mountains along southern border
27
Portugal
mountainous north of the Tagus River rolling plains in south
28
Puerto Rico
mostly mountains with coastal plain belt in north; mountains precipitous to sea on west coast; sandy beaches along most coastal areas
29
Qatar
mostly flat and barren desert covered with loose sand and gravel
30
Romania
central Transylvanian Basin is separated from the Plain of Moldavia on the east by the Carpathian Mountains and separated from the Walachian Plain on the south by the Transylvanian Alps
31
Russia
broad plain with low hills west of Urals; vast coniferous forest and tundra in Siberia; uplands and mountains along southern border regions
32
Nepal
Terai or flat river plain of the Ganges in south central hill region rugged Himalayas in north
33
Nauru
sandy beach rises to fertile ring around raised coral reefs with phosphate plateau in center
34
Réunion
mostly rugged and mountainous; fertile lowlands along coast
35
Mali
mostly flat to rolling northern plains covered by sand; savanna in south rugged hills in northeast
36
Lebanon
narrow coastal plain; El Beqaa
37
Lesotho
mostly highland with plateaus hills and mountains
38
Liberia
mostly flat to rolling coastal plains rising to rolling plateau and low mountains in northeast
39
Libya
mostly barren flat to undulating plains plateaus depressions
40
Liechtenstein
mostly mountainous
41
Lithuania
lowland many scattered small lakes fertile soil
42
Luxembourg
mostly gently rolling uplands with broad shallow valleys; uplands to slightly mountainous in the north; steep slope down to Moselle flood plain in the southeast
43
Macau
generally flat
44
Macedonia
mountainous territory covered with deep basins and valleys; three large lakes each divided by a frontier line; country bisected by the Vardar River
45
Madagascar
narrow coastal plain high plateau and mountains in center
46
Malawi
narrow elongated plateau with rolling plains rounded hills some mountains
47
Malaysia
coastal plains rising to hills and mountains
48
Maldives
flat with white sandy beaches
49
Malta
mostly low rocky flat to dissected plains; many coastal cliffs
50
Namibia
mostly high plateau; Namib Desert along coast; Kalahari Desert in east
51
Marshall Islands
low coral limestone and sand islands
52
Martinique
mountainous with indented coastline; dormant volcano
53
Mauritania
mostly barren flat plains of the Sahara; some central hills
54
Mauritius
small coastal plain rising to discontinuous mountains encircling central plateau
55
Mayotte
generally undulating with deep ravines and ancient volcanic peaks
56
Mexico
high rugged mountains; low coastal plains; high plateaus; desert
57
Midway Islands
low nearly level
58
Moldova
rolling steppe gradual slope south to Black Sea
59
Monaco
hilly rugged rocky
60
Mongolia
vast semidesert and desert plains grassy steppe mountains in west and southwest; Gobi Desert in south-central
61
Montserrat
volcanic islands mostly mountainous with small coastal lowland
62
Morocco
northern coast and interior are mountainous with large areas of bordering plateaus intermontane valleys and rich coastal plains
63
Mozambique
mostly coastal lowlands uplands in center high plateaus in northwest mountains in west
64
Myanmar
central lowlands ringed by steep rugged highlands
65
Rwanda
mostly grassy uplands and hills; relief is mountainous with altitude declining from west to east
66
Saint Kitts and Nevis
volcanic with mountainous interiors
67
Laos
mostly rugged mountains; some plains and plateaus
68
Uganda
mostly plateau with rim of mountains
69
The Gambia
flood plain of the Gambia river flanked by some low hills
70
The Netherlands
mostly coastal lowland and reclaimed land
71
Togo
gently rolling savanna in north; central hills; southern plateau; low coastal plain with extensive lagoons and marshes
72
Tokelau
low-lying coral atolls enclosing large lagoons
73
Tonga
most islands have limestone base formed from uplifted coral formation; others have limestone overlying volcanic base
74
Trinidad and Tobago
mostly plains with some hills and low mountains
75
Tromelin Island
low flat and sandy; likely volcanic
76
Tunisia
mountains in north; hot dry central plain; semiarid south merges into the Sahara
77
Turkey
mostly mountains; narrow coastal plain; high central plateau
78
Turkmenistan
flat-to-rolling sandy desert with dunes rising to mountains in the south; low mountains along border with Iran; borders Caspian Sea in west
79
Turks and Caicos Islands
low flat limestone; extensive marshes and mangrove swamps
80
Tuvalu
very low-lying and narrow coral atolls
81
U.S. Virgin Islands
mostly hilly to rugged and mountainous with little level land
82
Ukraine
most of Ukraine consists of fertile plains
83
Thailand
central plain; Khorat Plateau in the east; mountains elsewhere
84
United Arab Emirates
flat barren coastal plain merging into rolling sand dunes of vast desert wasteland; mountains in east
85
United Kingdom
mostly rugged hills and low mountains; level to rolling plains in east and southeast
86
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
87
Uruguay
mostly rolling plains and low hills; fertile coastal lowland
88
Uzbekistan
mostly flat-to-rolling sandy desert with dunes; broad flat intensely irrigated river valleys along course of Amu Darya Syr Darya
89
Vanuatu
mostly mountains of volcanic origin; narrow coastal plains
90
Venezuela
Andes Mountains and Maracaibo Lowlands in northwest; central plains
91
Vietnam
low flat delta in south and north; central highlands; hilly mountainous in far north and northwest
92
Wake Island
atoll of three coral islands built up on an underwater volcano; central lagoon is former crater islands are part of the rim
93
Wallis and Futuna
volcanic origin; low hills
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West Bank
mostly rugged dissected upland some vegetation in west but barren in east
95
Western Sahara
mostly low flat desert with large areas of rocky or sandy surfaces rising to small mountains in south and northeast
96
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
97
Zambia
mostly high plateau with some hills and mountains
98
The Bahamas
long flat coral formations with some low rounded hills
99
Tanzania
plains along coast; central plateau; highlands in north south
100
Saint Lucia
volcanic and mountainous with some broad fertile valleys
101
South Africa
vast interior plateau rimmed by rugged hills and narrow coastal plain
102
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
volcanic mountainous
103
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
mostly barren rock
104
Samoa
narrow coastal plain with volcanic rocky rugged mountains in interior
105
San Marino
rugged mountains
106
Saudi Arabia
mostly uninhabited sandy desert
107
Senegal
generally low rolling plains rising to foothills in southeast
108
Serbia and Montenegro
extremely varied; to the north rich fertile plains; to the east limestone ranges and basins; to the southeast ancient mountains and hills; to the southwest extremely high shoreline with no islands off the coast
109
Seychelles
Mahe Group is granitic narrow coastal strip rocky hilly; others are coral flat elevated reefs
110
Sierra Leone
coastal belt of mangrove swamps wooded hill country upland plateau mountains in east
111
Singapore
lowland; gently undulating central plateau contains water catchment area and nature preserve
112
Slovakia
rugged mountains in the central and northern part and lowlands in the south
113
Slovenia
a short coastal strip on the Adriatic an alpine mountain region adjacent to Italy and Austria mixed mountain and valleys with numerous rivers to the east
114
Solomon Islands
mostly rugged mountains with some low coral atolls
115
Somalia
mostly flat to undulating plateau rising to hills in north
116
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
117
Tajikistan
Pamir and Alay Mountains dominate landscape; western Fergana Valley in north Kofarnihon and Vakhsh Valleys in southwest
118
South Korea
mostly hills and mountains; wide coastal plains in west and south
119
Southern Ocean
the Southern Ocean is deep 4000 to 5000 meters over most of its extent with only limited areas of shallow water; the Antarctic continental shelf is generally narrow and unusually deep - its edge lying at depths of 400 to 800 meters
120
Spain
large flat to dissected plateau surrounded by rugged hills; Pyrenees in north
121
Spratly Islands
flat
122
Sri Lanka
mostly low flat to rolling plain; mountains in south-central interior
123
Sudan
generally flat featureless plain; mountains in east and west
124
Suriname
mostly rolling hills; narrow coastal plain with swamps
125
Svalbard
wild rugged mountains; much of high land ice covered; west coast clear of ice about one-half of the year; fjords along west and north coasts
126
Swaziland
mostly mountains and hills; some moderately sloping plains
127
Sweden
mostly flat or gently rolling lowlands; mountains in west
128
Switzerland
mostly mountains
129
Syria
primarily semiarid and desert plateau; narrow coastal plain; mountains in west
130
São Tomé and Príncipe
volcanic mountainous
131
Taiwan
eastern two-thirds mostly rugged mountains; flat to gently rolling plains in west
132
Latvia
low plain
133
Kyrgyzstan
peaks of Tien Shan and associated valleys and basins encompass entire nation
134
Albania
mostly mountains and hills; small plains along coast
135
China
mostly mountains high plateaus deserts in west; plains deltas and hills in east
136
British Virgin Islands
coral islands relatively flat; volcanic islands steep hilly
137
Brunei
flat coastal plain rises to mountains in east; hilly lowland in west
138
Bulgaria
mostly mountains with lowlands in north and southeast
139
Burkina Faso
mostly flat to dissected undulating plains; hills in west and southeast
140
Burundi
hilly and mountainous dropping to a plateau in east some plains
141
Cabo Verde
steep rugged rocky volcanic
142
Cambodia
mostly low flat plains; mountains in southwest and north
143
Cameroon
diverse with coastal plain in southwest dissected plateau in center mountains in west plains in north
144
Canada
mostly plains with mountains in west and lowlands in southeast
145
Cayman Islands
low-lying limestone base surrounded by coral reefs
146
Central African Republic
vast flat to rolling monotonous plateau; scattered hills in northeast and southwest
147
Chad
broad arid plains in center desert in north mountains in northwest lowlands in south
148
Chile
low coastal mountains; fertile central valley; rugged Andes in east
149
Christmas Island
steep cliffs along coast rise abruptly to central plateau
150
Brazil
mostly flat to rolling lowlands in north; some plains hills mountains and narrow coastal belt
151
Clipperton Island
coral atoll
152
Cocos Islands
flat low-lying coral atolls
153
Colombia
flat coastal lowlands central highlands high Andes Mountains eastern lowland plains
154
Comoros
volcanic islands interiors vary from steep mountains to low hills
155
Congo
coastal plain southern basin central plateau northern basin
156
Cook Islands
low coral atolls in north; volcanic hilly islands in south
157
Coral Sea Islands Territory
sand and coral reefs and islands
158
Costa Rica
coastal plains separated by rugged mountains including over 100 volcanic cones of which several are major volcanoes
159
Croatia
geographically diverse; flat plains along Hungarian border low mountains and highlands near Adriatic coastline and islands
160
Cuba
mostly flat to rolling plains with rugged hills and mountains in the southeast
161
Cyprus
central plain with mountains to north and south; scattered but significant plains along southern coast
162
Czech Republic
Bohemia in the west consists of rolling plains hills and plateaus surrounded by low mountains; Moravia in the east consists of very hilly country
163
Côte d'Ivoire
mostly flat to undulating plains; mountains in northwest
164
Democratic Republic of the Congo
vast central basin is a low-lying plateau; mountains in east
165
British Indian Ocean Territory
flat and low
166
Bouvet Island
volcanic; coast is mostly inaccessible
167
Djibouti
coastal plain and plateau separated by central mountains
168
Australia
mostly low plateau with deserts; fertile plain in southeast
169
Algeria
mostly high plateau and desert; some mountains; narrow discontinuous coastal plain
170
American Samoa
five volcanic islands with rugged peaks and limited coastal plains two coral atolls
171
Andorra
rugged mountains dissected by narrow valleys
172
Angola
narrow coastal plain rises abruptly to vast interior plateau
173
Anguilla
flat and low-lying island of coral and limestone
174
Antarctica
about 98% thick continental ice sheet and 2% barren rock with average elevations between 2000 and 4000 meters; mountain ranges up to nearly 5000 meters; ice-free coastal areas include parts of southern Victoria Land Wilkes Land the Antarctic Peninsula area and parts of Ross Island on McMurdo Sound; glaciers form ice shelves along about half of the coastline and floating ice shelves constitute 11% of the area of the continent
175
Antigua and Barbuda
mostly low-lying limestone and coral islands with some higher volcanic areas
176
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
177
Argentina
rich plains of the Pampas in northern half flat to rolling plateau of Patagonia in south rugged Andes along western border
178
Armenia
Armenian Highland with mountains; little forest land; fast flowing rivers; good soil in Aras River valley
179
Aruba
flat with a few hills; scant vegetation
180
Ashmore and Cartier Islands
low with sand and coral
181
Atlantic Ocean
surface usually covered with sea ice in Labrador Sea Denmark Strait and coastal portions of the Baltic Sea from October to June; clockwise warm-water gyre
182
Austria
in the west and south mostly mountains
183
Botswana
predominantly flat to gently rolling tableland; Kalahari Desert in southwest
184
Azerbaijan
large flat Kur-Araz Ovaligi
185
Bahrain
mostly low desert plain rising gently to low central escarpment
186
Baker Island
low nearly level coral island surrounded by a narrow fringing reef
187
Bangladesh
mostly flat alluvial plain; hilly in southeast
188
Barbados
relatively flat; rises gently to central highland region
189
Bassas da India
volcanic rock
190
Belarus
generally flat and contains much marshland
191
Belgium
flat coastal plains in northwest central rolling hills rugged mountains of Ardennes Forest in southeast
192
Belize
flat swampy coastal plain; low mountains in south
193
Benin
mostly flat to undulating plain; some hills and low mountains
194
Bermuda
low hills separated by fertile depressions
195
Bhutan
mostly mountainous with some fertile valleys and savanna
196
Bolivia
rugged Andes Mountains with a highland plateau
197
Bosnia and Herzegovina
mountains and valleys
198
Denmark
low and flat to gently rolling plains
199
Dominica
rugged mountains of volcanic origin
200
Kuwait
flat to slightly undulating desert plain
201
Iraq
mostly broad plains; reedy marshes along Iranian border in south with large flooded areas; mountains along borders with Iran and Turkey
202
Guyana
mostly rolling highlands; low coastal plain; savanna in south
203
Haiti
mostly rough and mountainous
204
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Heard Island - 80% ice-covered bleak and mountainous dominated by a large massif
205
Holy See
low hill
206
Honduras
mostly mountains in interior narrow coastal plains
207
Hong Kong
hilly to mountainous with steep slopes; lowlands in north
208
Howland Island
low-lying nearly level sandy coral island surrounded by a narrow fringing reef; depressed central area
209
Hungary
mostly flat to rolling plains; hills and low mountains on the Slovakian border
210
Iceland
mostly plateau interspersed with mountain peaks icefields; coast deeply indented by bays and fiords
211
India
upland plain
212
Indian Ocean
surface dominated by counterclockwise gyre
213
Indonesia
mostly coastal lowlands; larger islands have interior mountains
214
Iran
rugged mountainous rim; high central basin with deserts mountains; small discontinuous plains along both coasts
215
Ireland
mostly level to rolling interior plain surrounded by rugged hills and low mountains; sea cliffs on west coast
216
Guinea-Bissau
mostly low coastal plain rising to savanna in east
217
Isle of Man
hills in north and south bisected by central valley
218
Israel
Negev desert in the south; low coastal plain; central mountains; Jordan Rift Valley
219
Italy
mostly rugged and mountainous; some plains coastal lowlands
220
Jamaica
mostly mountains with narrow discontinuous coastal plain
221
Jan Mayen
volcanic island partly covered by glaciers
222
Japan
mostly rugged and mountainous
223
Jarvis Island
sandy coral island surrounded by a narrow fringing reef
224
Johnston Atoll
mostly flat
225
Jordan
mostly desert plateau in east highland area in west; Great Rift Valley separates East and West Banks of the Jordan River
226
Juan de Nova Island
low and flat
227
Kazakhstan
extends from the Volga to the Altai Mountains and from the plains in western Siberia to oases and desert in Central Asia
228
Kenya
low plains rise to central highlands bisected by Great Rift Valley; fertile plateau in west
229
Kingman Reef
low and nearly level
230
Kiribati
mostly low-lying coral atolls surrounded by extensive reefs
231
Guinea
generally flat coastal plain hilly to mountainous interior
232
Guernsey
mostly level with low hills in southwest
233
Dominican Republic
rugged highlands and mountains with fertile valleys interspersed
234
France
mostly flat plains or gently rolling hills in north and west; remainder is mountainous especially Pyrenees in south Alps in east
235
East Timor
mountainous
236
Ecuador
coastal plain
237
Egypt
vast desert plateau interrupted by Nile valley and delta
238
El Salvador
mostly mountains with narrow coastal belt and central plateau
239
Equatorial Guinea
coastal plains rise to interior hills; islands are volcanic
240
Eritrea
dominated by extension of Ethiopian north-south trending highlands descending on the east to a coastal desert plain on the northwest to hilly terrain and on the southwest to flat-to-rolling plains
241
Estonia
marshy lowlands; flat in the north hilly in the south
242
Ethiopia
high plateau with central mountain range divided by Great Rift Valley
243
Europa Island
low and flat
244
Falkland Islands
rocky hilly mountainous with some boggy undulating plains
245
Faroe Islands
rugged rocky some low peaks; cliffs along most of coast
246
Federated States of Micronesia
islands vary geologically from high mountainous islands to low coral atolls; volcanic outcroppings on Pohnpei Kosrae and Truk
247
Fiji
mostly mountains of volcanic origin
248
Finland
mostly low flat to rolling plains interspersed with lakes and low hills
249
French Guiana
low-lying coastal plains rising to hills and small mountains
250
Guatemala
mostly mountains with narrow coastal plains and rolling limestone plateau
251
French Polynesia
mixture of rugged high islands and low islands with reefs
252
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
volcanic
253
Gabon
narrow coastal plain; hilly interior; savanna in east and south
254
Gaza Strip
flat to rolling sand- and dune-covered coastal plain
255
Georgia
largely mountainous with Great Caucasus Mountains in the north and Lesser Caucasus Mountains in the south; Kolkhet'is Dablobi
256
Germany
lowlands in north uplands in center Bavarian Alps in south
257
Ghana
mostly low plains with dissected plateau in south-central area
258
Gibraltar
a narrow coastal lowland borders the Rock of Gibraltar
259
Glorioso Islands
low and flat
260
Greece
mostly mountains with ranges extending into the sea as peninsulas or chains of islands
261
Greenland
flat to gradually sloping icecap covers all but a narrow mountainous barren rocky coast
262
Grenada
volcanic in origin with central mountains
263
Guadeloupe
Basse-Terre is volcanic in origin with interior mountains; Grande-Terre is low limestone formation; most of the seven other islands are volcanic in origin
264
Guam
volcanic origin surrounded by coral reefs; relatively flat coralline limestone plateau
265
Zimbabwe
mostly high plateau with higher central plateau
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