Russian Forest Cover
Russian Forest Cover
‘Is this a Rorschach test? Kind of looks like a grasshopper’
Hillshade map of Pakistan
Mount Everest 3D Map - by Tom Patterson
Topography of Jamaica
Topography of Jamaica
‘Is that snow real?
Snow does not fall (and/or stay) in elevations below ~4,500 metres near or at the equator
In this map it’s just about barely half that at Jamaica’s highest point (2,256 m)’
Exaggerated Relief Map of China
Exaggerated Relief Map of China
‘Live in Shanghai, can confirm - absolutely pancake flat around here.
Also love that you can see the hills that you can see from the HSR between Beijing and Shanghai just south of Jinan on this map even though they’re pretty insignificant - they just happen to stand out enough from the total flatness everywhere else in the area’
Soviet physical map of Asia (1967)
3D map of Jammu and Kashmir
Landform map of Eurasia (1945)
Landform map of Eurasia (1945)
‘Never realised the Urals lined up with those snake like island in the Arctic’
Hillshade map of Croatia
Basic geological regions of Australia, by age
Basic geological regions of Australia, by age
[918 × 845]
‘The Pilbara (and other areas) of aus are one of the geologically oldest in the world!’–dhole25
Geologic map of Nevada from 1978
Geologic map of Nevada from 1978
‘Basin and range. Rinse and repeat’–RatLungworm
1980 Soil Map of Kenya
1980 Soil Map of Kenya
‘Beautiful colors and rendering. The Great Rift Valley region looks wonderful and now I understand why this country was named after Mount Kenya’–KingKohishi
1920 Geologic Map of Anatolia
1920 Geologic Map of Anatolia
‘Bahr-i Siyah and Bahr-i Sefid, names for Black Sea and Mediterranean in Ottoman Turkish, respectively’–Siriderya
1937 Geologic Map of the Soviet Union
1937 Geologic Map of the Soviet Union
‘A fascinating insight into just how diverse the Soviet Union truly was in regards to terrain. Do you think Krushchev looked at a map like this before launching the Virgin Lands scheme?‘–AllAboutRussia
1908 Agrological map of Brazil
1908 Agrological map of Brazil
[8493 x 8721]
1916 Geological Map of California -- with 3D elevation by Scott Reinhard
1916 Geological Map of California – with 3D elevation by Scott Reinhard
“This is the kind of map porn I came here to find”–mozartboy
Land Forms (1943) - by the American Geographic Society
Land Forms (1943) - by the American Geographic Society
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from the Atlas of World Maps for the Study of Geography in the Army Specialized Training Program
Geological map of China
Geological Map of Europe (1962)
Major landscape types in the Everglades, Florida before human action
Nebraska’s Waterways
“I find it hard to believe that it has more waterway mileage than Alaska, even if an arid climate should keep the total mileage down in most other states that exceed Nebraska in size”–19T268505E4808024N
Physiographic Regions of Alabama
Watersheds of Russia
“the almighty volga dominates west of th Urals, the east is more impressive, and check out that arctic circle”–VarysIsAMermaid69