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Natural Features & Landforms of the World — Named Deserts, Seas, Ranges

A reference of the world's major named natural features: deserts, mountain ranges, rivers, volcanoes, lakes, seas, gulfs, straits, islands, peninsulas, plateaus and forests.

Deserts

  • Sahara Desert
  • Arabian Desert
  • Gobi Desert
  • Kalahari Desert
  • Patagonian Desert
  • Great Victoria Desert
  • Syrian Desert
  • Great Basin Desert
  • Chihuahuan Desert
  • Karakum Desert
  • Sonoran Desert
  • Taklamakan Desert
  • Thar Desert
  • Gibson Desert
  • Atacama Desert
  • Namib Desert
  • Mojave Desert
  • Kyzylkum Desert
  • Simpson Desert
  • Colorado Plateau

Mountain Ranges

  • Himalayas
  • Andes
  • Rocky Mountains
  • Alps
  • Ural Mountains
  • Atlas Mountains
  • Carpathian Mountains
  • Caucasus Mountains
  • Appalachian Mountains
  • Scandinavian Mountains
  • Pyrenees
  • Karakoram Range
  • Hindu Kush
  • Tian Shan
  • Altai Mountains
  • Drakensberg Mountains
  • Great Dividing Range
  • Sierra Madre
  • Zagros Mountains
  • Brooks Range

Rivers

  • Nile River
  • Amazon River
  • Mississippi River
  • Yangtze River
  • Danube River
  • Congo River
  • Ganges River
  • Mekong River
  • Volga River
  • Rhine River
  • Niger River
  • Euphrates River
  • Indus River
  • Zambezi River
  • Murray-Darling River
  • Colorado River
  • Ob River
  • Yenisei River
  • Lena River
  • Tigris River

Volcanoes

  • Mount Fuji
  • Mount Vesuvius
  • Mount Etna
  • Kilauea
  • Mount St. Helens
  • Mount Pinatubo
  • Krakatoa
  • Mount Erebus
  • Cotopaxi
  • Popocatepetl
  • Mount Kilimanjaro
  • Mount Rainier
  • Eyjafjallajokull
  • Mauna Loa
  • Mount Teide
  • Mount Tambora
  • Sakurajima
  • Mount Merapi
  • Stromboli
  • Arenal Volcano

Lakes

  • Caspian Sea
  • Lake Superior
  • Lake Victoria
  • Lake Huron
  • Lake Michigan
  • Lake Tanganyika
  • Lake Baikal
  • Great Bear Lake
  • Lake Malawi
  • Lake Titicaca
  • Lake Erie
  • Lake Ontario
  • Lake Turkana
  • Lake Nicaragua
  • Lake Winnipeg
  • Lake Ladoga
  • Lake Balkhash
  • Lake Chad
  • Lake Volta
  • Aral Sea

Islands

  • Greenland
  • Madagascar
  • Borneo
  • New Guinea
  • Sumatra
  • Honshu
  • Great Britain
  • Java
  • Sulawesi
  • South Island (NZ)
  • North Island (NZ)
  • Luzon
  • Iceland
  • Mindanao
  • Ireland
  • Cuba
  • Sri Lanka
  • Tasmania
  • Svalbard
  • Hispaniola

Seas

  • Mediterranean Sea
  • Caribbean Sea
  • South China Sea
  • Arabian Sea
  • Coral Sea
  • Red Sea
  • Black Sea
  • North Sea
  • Baltic Sea
  • Sea of Japan
  • Bering Sea
  • Sea of Okhotsk
  • Barents Sea
  • Norwegian Sea
  • Banda Sea
  • Yellow Sea
  • East China Sea
  • Tasman Sea
  • Andaman Sea
  • Philippine Sea

Peninsulas

  • Arabian Peninsula
  • Indian Subcontinent
  • Scandinavian Peninsula
  • Iberian Peninsula
  • Italian Peninsula
  • Korean Peninsula
  • Indochina Peninsula
  • Balkan Peninsula
  • Anatolian Peninsula
  • Malay Peninsula
  • Kamchatka Peninsula
  • Labrador Peninsula
  • Yucatan Peninsula
  • Horn of Africa
  • Sinai Peninsula
  • Baja California
  • Florida Peninsula
  • Cape York Peninsula
  • Kola Peninsula
  • Alaska Peninsula

Plateaus

  • Tibetan Plateau
  • Deccan Plateau
  • Brazilian Highlands
  • Antarctic Plateau
  • Iranian Plateau
  • Colorado Plateau
  • Ethiopian Highlands
  • Mongolian Plateau
  • Central Siberian Plateau
  • Altiplano
  • Ozark Plateau
  • Kimberley Plateau
  • Shan Plateau
  • Guiana Highlands
  • Columbia Plateau
  • Mexican Plateau
  • Katanga Plateau
  • Laurentian Plateau
  • Arabian Plateau
  • Anatolian Plateau

Gulfs & Bays

  • Gulf of Mexico
  • Bay of Bengal
  • Persian Gulf
  • Gulf of Guinea
  • Hudson Bay
  • Gulf of Alaska
  • Gulf of Aden
  • Gulf of Thailand
  • Gulf of California
  • Great Australian Bight
  • Gulf of Carpentaria
  • Gulf of Oman
  • Baffin Bay
  • Gulf of St. Lawrence
  • Gulf of Bothnia
  • Bay of Biscay
  • Gulf of Finland
  • Bristol Bay
  • Gulf of Tonkin
  • James Bay

Straits & Channels

  • Strait of Gibraltar
  • English Channel
  • Strait of Malacca
  • Bering Strait
  • Strait of Hormuz
  • Strait of Magellan
  • Mozambique Channel
  • Taiwan Strait
  • Drake Passage
  • Strait of Dover
  • Bass Strait
  • Torres Strait
  • Strait of Messina
  • Cook Strait
  • Davis Strait
  • Korea Strait
  • Palk Strait
  • Sunda Strait
  • Strait of Bonifacio
  • Lombok Strait

Forests

  • Amazon Rainforest
  • Congo Rainforest
  • Taiga (Boreal Forest)
  • Daintree Rainforest
  • Black Forest
  • Tongass National Forest
  • Sundarbans
  • Bialowieza Forest
  • Great Bear Rainforest
  • Valdivian Temperate Rainforest
  • Sherwood Forest
  • Tarkine Rainforest
  • Monteverde Cloud Forest
  • Yakushima Forest
  • Kinabalu Rainforest
  • New Guinea Rainforest
  • Borneo Rainforest
  • Atlantic Forest
  • Sinharaja Forest
  • Mau Forest

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