Crete is the largest island in Greece and a super favorite of holidaymakers. In addition to stunning beaches, Crete also pampers the tourist with delicious food and great cultural attractions. Read Rantapallo’s destination guide and plan your own holiday. The fabulous island...
A different Turkey – experience the amazing scenery of Cappadocia. Cappadocia in Turkey is an area in the highlands of Central Anatolia, known for its special rock formations and underground cities. Cappadocia is a magnificent masterpiece of the forces of nature...
Fort Lauderdale Florida is at its most beautiful. The beaches of Fort Lauderdale offer a calmer alternative to the hectic atmosphere of Miami. Read Rantapallo’s destination guide and plan your own holiday. The beaches of Fort Lauderdale are perfect for sun...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock Zimbabwe is a highland and mountainous country, especially in the middle parts, and shows a clear symmetry in its structure. A notable high ridge, Highveld, runs through the country in a northeast – southwest direction. It...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock Most of Zambia is a plateau of 900–1 500 m above sea level. According to COUNTRYAAH, the erosion has provided a varying and wavy surface, where remains of different planed bedrock surfaces are preserved in isolated...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock Yemen is mainly in the middle parts a highland and has a very changing topography. The mountain peak Hadur Shuayb just west of Sana is the highest on the entire Arabian Peninsula, 3,760 m asl. Within...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock Western Sahara has all the types of desert, rock, rock and sand desert, and all the different dune forms that occur in other parts of the Sahara. A low coastal region of varying width is infertile...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock Throughout most of Vietnam, the Annamitic Mountains extend in the northwest-southeast direction, which occupies about two-thirds of the country’s area. The highest part consists of crystalline solid at the far north, where the peak Phăng-xi-păng rises...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock Along the Caribbean Sea, the mostly mountainous North Coast region is spreading. At the far north it consists of a narrow coastal plain that widens to the west around the faults of Lake Maracaibo and the...
According to COUNTRYAAH, in 1309-77 the popes predominantly resided in Avignon due to the constant factional struggles in Rome. After pressure from Philip IV of France, Pope Klemens V moved the Pope to Avignon, which became part of the Pope’s vassals...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, the Vanuatu archipelago and the deep-sea tomb The New Hebrides tomb west of the islands originated in the collision between two large oceanic crustal plates. This has provided a geological environment with earthquakes,...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, the western part of Uzbekistan is a very flat lowland, comprising about 80 percent of the surface, while the eastern part is mountainous. Around the Aral Sea in the northwest stretch parts of...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock In several respects, Uruguay is a transitional area between Brazil’s highlands and Pampa’s plains in Argentina. The southeastern part is a low mountain plateau with arcuate ridges that rise significantly above the plateau surface. The largest...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock The main features of the US topography are an older mountain range along the east side, a younger one along the west and a large and low area in between. In the latter, the Mississippi River...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock The UK consists partly of highlands in the north and west and partly of lowland areas, especially in the south-east. The highlands are built up of old and hard rocks, while the lowland part of the...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock The coast towards the Persian Gulf is a smoothed tidal coast with coral reefs and wide, flat and vegetation-free deposits with the character of salt deserts, so-called sabkha. The tidal currents are constantly changing the appearance...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Ukraine is mainly a southern part of the Eastern European plain. Only smaller areas are mountainous. The Ukrainian plains have an average height of 175 m above sea level. and includes several highland...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Uganda is located on a high plateau north of Lake Victoria. The horstbergs, tombs and volcanoes that arose in connection with the formation of the East African rift system constitute the natural boundaries...
Vanuatu consists partly of islands of volcanic origin and partly of coral islands. The islands often have a rugged inland with relatively high coral plateaus. They are located in a geologically unstable zone and are frequently exposed to earthquakes. Several of...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Turkmenistan is one in four fifths of plains. Only the border regions in the south towards Iran and in the southeast towards Afghanistan are highlands. The seismically active mountain range Kopet-Dag forms a...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock Most of Turkey belongs to a protruding peninsula between the Black Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean. In general, it is a highland with an average height of 1,100 m above sea level, divided into streams and...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock Geological structures and relief features in Tunisia have a direction in the northeast – southwest. This means that the drainage is directed to the northeast and that the long coastline is irregular, especially in the north....
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock The two islands show similarity to the geological structure of the mainland. According to COUNTRYAAH, the Northern Range in Trinidad is a direct continuation of the long Paria Peninsula mountain in Venezuela. It is built mainly...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Tonga encompasses about 170 islands, most in two rows in the north-north-south-west, parallel to the Tongagraven further east. The islands form the peaks of volcanoes and are higher in the western line due...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Togo is a long narrow strip of land that extends from the Gulf of Guinea about 500 km north. A narrow coastal plain is equipped with wide sandy bays as well as series...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Northern Thailand is mountainous with elongated, parallel mountain ranges in the Himalayan extension to the south. The highest peak, Doi Inthanon, is 2,558 meters above sea level. Granite ridges and uneven limestone areas...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, most of Tanzania consists of plains and plateaus, mainly the large central high plateau. However, the land surface has a pronounced relief with Africa’s highest mountain, Kilimanjaro (5,895 m above sea level), and...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Tajikistan is high and mountainous; more than half of the surface is more than 3,000 m above sea level. Northern and central Tajikistan are dominated by outcrops from the Tian Shan mountain range....
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, the island of Taiwan has, due to major faults, gained a north-south extent and a general slope to the west. The east coast is steep and straight. Inside it rise the high Zhongyang...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock A narrow coastal zone between Lebanon and Turkey, about 140 km long, has alternating sandy beaches and rocky coasts, the latter most in the north. The mountain massif begins immediately within the coastal zone with Jabal...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Switzerland is largely mountainous and high, with an average height of 1,350 m above sea level. A wealth of different types of habitat exists, and three major landform regions can be discerned. At...
Nature Terrain Types Sweden’s topography has features that are similar to Norway and Finland, while Danish features are found only in southwestern Skåne. The geographical distribution of relief types and landform regions is dependent on the large-scale geological development for a...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock Within the straight east-west coastline towards the Atlantic, a coastal plain of young deposits has been formed. Here are sandy beaches, mangrove swamps and marshland. Within the coastal plain there are deposits of white and brown...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, most of Sudan is occupied by a huge basin area, 200-500 m above sea level, surrounded by mountains and high plateaus and crossed from south to north by the Nile. This one comes...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Sri Lanka is separated from India by the narrow and shallow Pole Strait. Most of the country is lowland. Particularly extensive is the lowland to the north. The country has plenty of coral...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Spain occupies most of the Pyrenees peninsula. The central part of the country consists of extensive plateaus, the so-called mesetan, with an average height of about 600 m above sea level. The large...
History up to World War II (see Korea) On August 15, 1948, the republic was established in the southern zone of the Korean Peninsula with the capital of Seul. Syngman Rhee was named the first President of the Republic. With the...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock The whole northern and central part of South Africa is a plateau region. It is highest in the east, about 2,400 meters above sea level, lowest in the west in the southern parts of Kalahari, 600–900...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock The 200-500 km wide strip of land around the Somali Peninsula (Horn of Africa) has completely different topographic designs in its northern and southern parts. From the border with Djibouti in the northwest to Cape Gardafai...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, the individual islands lie in two parallel rows in the northwest – southeast direction. They form part of a larger volcanic arch extending from the east of New Guinea to Vanuatu. The highest...
