Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock The main features of the terrain in Burma are entirely determined by the north-south bedrock structures that emerged during the folding of this eastern part of the Himalayas. The country also has a general slope from...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock The Zambezi River with the Cabora Bassa Dam divides Mozambique into a low, southern part with a wavy surface and a plateau-like, higher part in the north and northwest. The former forms southern Africa’s largest coastal...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Morocco’s bedrock has been folded in connection with the Eurasian continent colliding with Africa, and the country is largely occupied by the western parts of the Atlas Mountain. Rifatlas at the far north...
Nature According to BRIDGAT, Montenegro has a remarkably rich plant and animal life due to the great topographic variation, different climates and the geographical position on the border between different ecological zones. The country has 7,000–8,000 vascular plants (of which about...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Mongolia is a highland with an average height of nearly 1,600 m above sea level. The northern part of the country is dominated by three long mountain ranges. The longest and highest, Altaj,...
Nature According to COUNTRYAAH, the Monaco Cliff is a steep limestone cliff with abundant, subtropical vegetation. The Monte Carlo cliff is not as steep; previously there were former limestone caves, which are now destroyed. According to BRIDGAT, the climate is a...
Nature According to COUNTRYAAH, Moldova is part of the Russian platform and is mainly confined by the river Prut in the west, which joins the Danube at the far south. In the eastern part flows Dnestr; both rivers and several smaller...
Nature Most of the islands are atolls and consist of volcanic rocks deposited with coral lime. They often have a thin fertile soil layer. However, Yap, farthest to the west, is of continental origin and has been formed by folding the...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Mexico has a complex topography with lively volcanic and seismic activity. In central Mexico, the Mexican high plateau is composed of two parts: Mesa del Norte, which extends from the northern border (where...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, the islands volcanic bedrock has been built up over the last 30 million years. The erosion has worn down the volcanic canyons so that the country’s highest point, Piton de la Petite Rivière...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock The coastal area of the Atlantic consists of beach tracks, lagoons and dunes. The material transport takes place southwards by means of the Canary stream. Inside the beach is a wide coastal plain that reaches 50...
Nature Geologically, the Marshall Islands have been built from the beginning as volcanoes, which have dropped. At the same rate, the corals have been able to grow upwards. Islands like Bikini can be considered the final stage in the development of...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Malta is located on a seabed that extends from Sicily to Tunisia. The islands are built up of tertiary sand and limestone deposits, which slope slightly to the northeast. The southwest part of...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, northern Mali is part of the Sahara, while the southern part of the country belongs to the Sudan region. The oldest bedrock is found in the Iforasberg rounded granite cliffs in the northeast....
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, the Maldives are made up of a wide range of coral islands, located on the deep-sea spine of the Maldives. The individual islands have been built on volcanic canoes and volcanic ridges that...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Western Malaysia is penetrated by a number of parallel, north-south mountain ranges. The highest reaches with Tahan 2,189 meters above sea level. About half of the area’s area is more than 150 meters...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock The long and narrow Malawi lake, whose surface is 474 meters above sea level, forms most of the country’s border to the east. According to COUNTRYAAH, the rest of Malawi has a topography that varies greatly,...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, most of Madagascar consists of a centrally located highland with a north-south ridge, which lies to the east, parallel to the coast. The coastal area to the east is therefore narrow, about 50...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Luxembourg is often divided into a northern area, Ösling, which covers one third of the country, and Gutland, which comprises the southern two-thirds. The eastern border of the country is marked by the...
Attractions in Los Angeles Los Angeles is a giant city and of course offers a variety of sights and attractions. Of course, neither the United States nor Los Angeles are traveling to see a city full of ancient history. Here you...
Attractions in London You can probably visit London several times a year throughout your life without taking in all the attractions and sights. There is so much to choose from that we should be very careful to say that the attractions...
Attractions in Ljubljana For many, walking around the old town of Ljubljana is the biggest attraction in itself. Strolling around in narrow cobbled streets surrounded by small houses with baroque facades, and then finding open spaces with beautiful fountains and bustling...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Lithuania is mainly a low lying plain, covered with a thick moraine layer. The bedrock consists of sedimentary rocks and has very little significance for the design of the topography. It is the...
According to COUNTRYAAH, Liechtenstein, despite its small size, can be divided into three topographically different areas: the Rhine canal, which is located at about 450 m above sea level. the castle Vaduz and the mountains, which with the summit Grauspitze reach...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock Along the Mediterranean, a coastal plain of dunes, salt marshland and oases is spreading. At the border with Tunisia in the northwest is the Jifaras Plain, which rises south to the foot of Jabal Nafusa, a...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, the topography of Liberia is very varied. Within a 25–35 km wide, sandy coastal plain with marshland, enclosed lagoons and rocky headlands, a roughly 30 km wide hill area spreads, partly with fairly...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Lesotho is the country in southern Africa that makes the most reason for the term mountain country. Drakensberg in the east reaches on the border of Kwa Zulu-Natal in South Africa up to...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Lebanon has a strongly embossed relief with heights of over 3,000 meters above sea level. Most of the country is mountainous and sloping areas therefore dominate. Lebanon is usually divided into four topographical...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Latvia is mainly a flat area with a rolling landscape rising to the east. Some more hilly areas occur, among which the Vidzeme heights in the middle part are highest; Gaizin Mountains reach...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, most of Laos is highland, especially in the north where a series of steep ridges with sharp ridges in the northeast – southwest direction meet the country. The peaks reach a height of...
Nature According to COUNTRYAAH, Kyrgyzstan is on the whole a very mountainous country, but between the mountain ranges, where Pik Pobedy with its 7 439 m. is one of the higher peaks in Asia outside the Himalayas, valleys like the Fergana...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Kuwait’s land area is low and flat with a slight general rise from the coast along the Persian Gulf towards the border to the west. The easternmost part of Saudi Arabia’s plateau country...
According to COUNTRYAAH, Kosovo’s international law status was unresolved for eight years after the invasion. The country remained formally part of Yugoslavia, but the United Nations failed to decide on its future. The situation was locked in because the Kosovar Albanian...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock The islands in the three included island groups are all coral islands, lower than 8 m above sea level, and have been built up on the sides of volcanoes that are sinking. They consist of barrier...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Kenya’s oldest bedrock is found at the far west, on Lake Victoria. The rocks here were formed early during the Precambrian. The area is predominantly petty. On the border with Uganda lies the...
Nature According to COUNTRYAAH, Kazakhstan can be geographically divided into four main areas: the Kyrgyz steppes in the northwest, the highlands in the northeast, the lowlands north of the Aral Sea and northeast of the Caspian Sea in the south, and...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Jordan is part of the Arabian Plateau and can be divided into three topographical regions, the Jordan basin in the west, the highlands east of it and the desert plateau in the far...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Japan forms part of the mountain range along the northern and western coasts of the Pacific. The origin and physical character of the Japanese islands is a consequence of their boundary position between...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Jamaica is part of the Antilles mountain range arch, formed during the Tertiary, which delimits the Caribbean Sea to the north and east. The bedrock is mostly made up of limestone from older...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock From the Gulf of Guinea in the south, the land area of the Ivory Coast gradually increases to the north. The coastal plain is a strip of land that is at most 65 km wide and...
