Map to familiarize yourself with the names of the seas of the world. Continents of the Earth and parts of the world: names and descriptions

They differ in geographical location, size and shape, which affects the characteristics of their nature.

Geographical location and size of continents

Continents are distributed unevenly on the Earth's surface. In the Northern Hemisphere they occupy 39% of the surface, and in the Southern Hemisphere they occupy only 19%. For this reason, the Northern Hemisphere of the Earth is called continental, and the Southern Hemisphere is called oceanic.

Based on their position relative to the equator, continents are divided into a group of southern and a group of northern continents.

Since the continents are located at different latitudes, they receive unequal amounts of light and heat from the Sun. In shaping the nature of a continent, its area plays an important role: the larger the continent, the more areas it contains that are remote from the oceans and not affected by them. The relative position of the continents is of great geographical importance.

Geographical location and size of the oceans

The continents that separate them differ from each other in size, water properties, current systems, and features of the organic world.

And they are similar geographical position: they stretch from the Arctic Circle to. almost entirely in the Southern Hemisphere. It has a special geographical location - it is located around the North Pole within the Arctic Circle, covered sea ​​ice and is isolated from other oceans.

The border between continents and oceans runs along the coastline. It can be straight or rugged, that is, having many protrusions. The rugged coastlines have many seas and bays. Protruding deep into the land, they have a significant impact on the nature of the continents.

Interaction of continents and oceans

Land and water have different properties, but they are constantly in close interaction. The oceans greatly influence the natural processes on the continents, but the continents also take part in shaping the characteristics of the nature of the oceans.

The geographical map of the world is overview map relief of the earth's surface. On geographical map the world is marked with a coordinate grid. The geographic map of the world does not display individual states and countries to generalize and simplify the display of surface relief above sea level (the darker the color, the higher the surface). A geographic map of the world clearly and concisely shows information about the main continents, seas and oceans and allows you to quickly create an image of the relief of the whole world. View geographic maps of the world online in Russian:

Detailed geographical map of the world in Russian:

Geographic map of the world close-up in Russian- opens in a new window in full screen. The geographical map of the world shows in high resolution all the continents with names: Africa, North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Antarctica and Australia.

A geographic map of the Earth shows the location of the oceans: the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the Arctic Ocean and the Indian Ocean. A large geographical map of the world allows you to see bays, deserts, plains and. Geographic map of the world is a map globe and looks like a map of continents, seas and oceans. A geographic map of the world can be downloaded for free at good quality.

Geographical map of the world in Russian in large format:

Geographic map of the world with latitude and longitude coordinates, showing close-up currents of the world's oceans:

Geographic map of the world in Russian in large format opens in a new window in full screen. A high-resolution geographic map of the world shows a large-scale map of the world in good quality in Russian with parallels and meridians, with oceans and seas, with latitude and longitude, with seas and oceans. The geographical map of the world shows the plains, mountains and rivers, continents and continents of the globe. If you enlarge the geographical map of the world, you can see a separate geographical map of each continent.

Outline map of the world

Geography lessons at school often require contour map world:

The contour geographical map of the world opens in a new window in full screen.

What to see on a geographical map of the world:

First of all, on a geographical map of the world, the mountains and plains, marked in different colors, are striking (the darker the color, the higher the mountains). The highest mountains on a geographical map are indicated by the height of the peak above sea level. The most large rivers have a name on the map. The geographical map of the world indicates the most big cities. This map immediately shows where the oceans, seas, islands and lakes are located.

Continents and continents: Eurasia, Africa, North America, South America, Australia, Antarctica. The largest continent is Eurasia.

Oceans of the world: There are four oceans in the world - Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic and Indian. The largest ocean in the world - Pacific Ocean.

Largest seas in the world in descending order of area: the largest sea in the world - Sargasso Sea, followed by the Philippine Sea, Coral Sea, Arabian Sea, South China Sea, Tasman Sea, Fiji Sea, Weddell Sea, Caribbean Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Bering Sea, Bay of Bengal, Sea of ​​Okhotsk, Gulf of Mexico, Barents Sea, Norwegian Sea, Scotia Sea, Hudson Bay, Greenland Sea, Somov Sea, Riiser-Larsen Sea, Japan Sea, Arafura Sea, East Siberian Sea.

The largest islands in the world in descending order of area: the largest island in the world - Greenland, followed by the islands: New Guinea, Kalimantan, Madagascar, Baffin Island, Sumatra, Great Britain, Honshu, Victoria, Ellesmere, Sulawesi, South Island (New Zealand), Java, North Island (New Zealand), Luzon, Newfoundland, Cuba, Iceland, Mindanao, Ireland, Hokkaido, Haiti, Sakhalin, Banks, Sri Lanka.

The longest rivers in the world: the most big river in the world - Amazon, after it there are rivers: Nile, Mississippi - Missouri - Jefferson, Yangtze, Yellow River, Ob - Irtysh, Yenisei - Angara - Selenga - Ider, Lena - Vitim, Amur - Argun - Muddy Channel - Kerulen, Congo - Lualaba - Luvoa - Luapula - Chambeshi, Mekong, Mackenzie - Slave - Peace - Finlay, Niger, La Plata - Parana - Rio Grande, Volga - Kama.

The highest mountains with a height of more than 8 km: the most big mountain in the world - Chomolungma, a little lower are the mountains: Chogori, Kanchenjunga, Lhotse, Makalu, Cho Oyu, Dhaulagiri, Manaslu, Nangaparbat, Annapurna I, Gasherbrum I, Broad Peak, Gasherbrum II and Shishabangma.

The largest lakes by continent: in Africa Lake Victoria, in Antarctica the subglacial Lake Vostok, in Asia - the salty Caspian Sea and fresh Lake Baikal, in Australia Lake Eyre, in Europe - the salty Caspian Sea and fresh Lake Ladoga, in North America - Lake Michigan-Huron, in South America America - salt lake Maracaibo and fresh lake Titicaca. The largest lake in the world is the Caspian Sea.

Let's start with a sensational statement: Man's first drawing was a map. Yes, not a hunting scene, but a plan view of the area. Perhaps it was a drawing with a twig on the sand, explaining to fellow tribesmen how to get to the treasured creek on the river or a place where there is a lot of game.

Since ancient times, drawing maps has been one of the most popular services, which very rare masters could provide. They cost significant value in return, especially if they were accurate and reliable.

On this page you can see a large map of the world with countries in Russian, expanding it to full screen, decide on the route of future travel or awaken nostalgic memories of past vacation days. We give credit for their authenticity, because these are images from space and there are no errors in them. If a river, a forest, a beach are depicted there, then they really exist.

The source of such cartographic wealth is the Internet resource Google Map And service from Yandex. enjoy satellite maps world is very simple - they have two main control functions:

  • change of scale;
  • way of displaying the relief.

If you want to get a general idea of ​​the area, then just open the “scheme”, which will allow you to carry out “strategic planning” - determine the location of cities and points that must be visited.

Much more opportunities to learn about the details of the relief are provided by " satellite mode» display that recognizes terrain elements with a length of 10-15 meters:

  • roads;
  • clearings;
  • squares;
  • infrastructure;
  • isolated rocks and peaks.

A political map of the world with countries large in Russian is also included in our list of useful tools in static form, you can see it below.

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Here you can look at the physical map of Russia in Super Ultra HD quality and a huge resolution of 10350 by 5850 pixels (more than 60 megapixels) - this is the highest map resolution that can be found on the Internet.

(the map can be enlarged in a new window for a detailed view)

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I know that many users are looking on the Internet for a physical map of Russia in full screen, maps of Russia in good quality close-up, maps in high resolution etc. Here everyone will find what they expect to see and even more.

The resolution of the map is huge, the quality is high. That's why the map is very, very, very detailed. Map scale: 1:8,000,000 (1 cm - 80 km on the ground). All inscriptions on the map are in Russian.

If you look closely, on this map of the Russian Federation you can also see Ukraine, part of Eastern Europe, Central Asia and other parts of the Eurasian continent.

This general geographical map conveys the appearance of the territory and water area. The physical map shows in detail the relief and hydrography, as well as sands, glaciers, floating ice, nature reserves, and mineral deposits. Thanks to high resolution on the map you can see cities, towns, villages and others settlements, communication routes, borders, etc.

I hope that large Ultra HD maps and HD pictures will bring more benefits to travelers and ordinary people.

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Many people know what 4K and Ultra HD resolution are. This physical map Russian Federation has 2.5 times the horizontal pixel resolution of 4K. The illustration below shows the comparative sizes of all HD formats (HD, full HD, 2K, 4K) and this physical map of Russia.

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Links to photo galleries of cities and nature reserves

For those who like to look at photographs rather than maps, this site collects photographs of nature reserves, cities and their attractions. Many of the photos in the galleries below are shown in HD quality.

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