Physical map of the World

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Physical map of the World.

At the center of our world, the earth with a physical surface of approximately 510 million km², of which, 70.8%, or 361.13 million km², is below sea level and covered by water from the oceans. Below the surface of the oceans are much of the continental shelf, mountains, volcanoes, ocean trenches, submarine canyons, oceanic plateaus, abyssal plains and a system of ridges that covers the entire globe. The remaining 29.2%, or 148.94 million km², not covered by water has a terrain that varies greatly from one place to another and consists of mountains, deserts, plains, plateaus and other landforms. Most polar regions on Earth are covered with ice, including the Antarctic ice sheet and the sea ice of the Arctic ice pack.

Tectonics and erosion, volcanic eruptions, floods, weathering, glaciation, the growth of coral reefs and meteorite impacts are among the processes that constantly reform the surface of the Earth and, consequently, our own world through geological time.

This map is a composition of several images compiled on the websites of the CIA and NASA. Map 2007.
Source: Central Intelligence Agency - NASA

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