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UPSC World Geography 21- World Map

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UPSC World Geography 21- World Map


West and Central Asia
  • Anatolian Plateau-Turkey 
  • Zagros mountain-Iran 
  • Taurus mountain-South Turkey 
  • Aral sea Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan 
  • Lake balkhash Kazakhstan
  • Sea of marmara Turkey 
  • Khasi Nafud, Najd-Saudi Arabia 
  • Kavir lut- Iran-elbrus mountain
  • Caspian Sea - Largest Lake
South East Asia
  • Annam mountain-Vietnam 
  • Isthmus of Kra - Thailand
  • Massakar, Lombok & Sunda Strait 
  • Gulf of tonkin (Hanin-Vietnam) 
  • Gulf of martaban-Myanmar 
  • salween river-Myanmar 
  • Song da river-Vietnam, 
  • Khorat Plateau- Thailand
  • Borneo- Asia Largest Island
China
  • Gulf of Bohai- yellow sea (Korea)
  • Gobi desert & Altai Shan-Mongolia 
  • Taklamakan
  • Tien Shan Juggar  tarim basin 
  • Kunlunshan Qaidam Basin 
  • Altun Shan
  • Yangtze (Chang Jiang)- Asia Largest River
Pakistan & Afganistan
  • Changal,Makran, Sulaiman & Kirthar Mountains - Pakistan
  • River Helmand Harihud- Afghanistan river
Europe
  • Gulf of Bothnia Sweden-Finland
  • Bay of Biscay-France Spain 
  • Iberian Peninsula Spain
  • Bohemian Massif-Czech Republic 
  • Carpathian mountain Ukraine 
  • Apennines-Italy 
  • Cantabrian mountains- Spain 
  • Jura and Vosges mountain Switzerland 
  • Pindus mountain Greece
  • River Douro - Portugal
  • River Pepsi ,Volga, Don Russia 
  • Tarifa point-Strait of Gibraltar 
  • River loire-France
  • Mt. Elbruz - Russia / Georgia- Highest point in europe
  • Caspian Sea- lowest
  • Volga river - Largest
  • Lake Ladoga - Largest Europe
England
  • Cambrian mountains West
  • Grampian  mountain Scotland 
  • Chevlot hills border Scotland
  • Saint George channel-Ireland England 
  • Strait of Dover -France England
Russia
  • Sayan Mountain - South Russia
  • Novaya Zemlya Island - Kara Sea North Russia
  • Chukotsk - North East
  • Kamchatka Penn- East
Africa
  • Mount Atlas -Toubkal Morocco
  • Tibesti Emi Koussi- Sahara 
  • Adamawa Highland-Cameroon 
  • Lake Volta-Ghana 
  • Fouta Djallon plateau - Sierra Leone 
  • Zambezi river- Victoria Fall Kariba Dam 
  • Aughrabia Fall - river orange
  • Mount Aux 
  • Qattara depression - Egypt
  • Gulf of aqaba
  • Gulf of Suez
  • Mt kilimanjaro-Higest
  • Lake Assal Lowest Point
North America
  • Brooks range Alaska
  • Mount Mckinley-Mackenzie- Highest Point
  • Columbia plateau Canada-America 
  • Cascade range West US 
  • Colorado plateau Southwest United States-Death Valley (lowest point)-Great basin Yellowstone National Park
  • Shield- Laurentian Mountains, Saint Lawrence- Quebec 
  • Ozark Central US 
  • Davis strait & Baffin Bay-Canada-Greenland 
  • Sargasso Sea-Florida
  • Sierra madre-México 
  • Isthmus of Tehuantepec- Mexico 
  • Cumberland plateau-East United States 
  • Niagara fall-lake Erie and Ontario
  • Greenland Largest North American Island
  • MIssissippi- Missouri- Longest River
South America
  • Cordillera mountains Northwest Columbia
  • Llanos- Venezuela 
  • Pakaraima mountain-Northwest Brazil 
  • Serra Tumucumaque-Surinam 
  • Compos East Brazil 
  • Iguazu fall-Parana river 
  • Patagonia- South Argentina
  • Lake Titicaca Bolivia Peru- Largest Lake in S.A
  • Fuego- Largest Island
  • Mt Aconcagua (argentina) - Highest Point
Australia & Oceania
  • Queensland Brisbane
  • New South Wales -Sydney and Canberra 
  • Victoria -Melbourne 
  • Adelaide-South Territory
  • Simpson, Tanami, Victoria,Gibson & Sandy desert 
  • McDonald Rangers 
  • Great dividing range 
  • Great Barrier Reef North East 
  • Timor Sea- Northwest 
  • Bass strait-Tasmania 
  • Highest point-Kosciusko- Australia 
  • Longest river Murray and darling 
  • Largest lake-Eyre








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