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Afghanistan |
mostly rugged mountains; plains in north and southwest
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Egypt |
vast desert plateau interrupted by Nile valley and delta
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Albania |
mostly mountains and hills; small plains along coast
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Algeria |
mostly high plateau and desert; some mountains; narrow, discontinuous coastal plain
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American Virgin Islands |
mostly hilly to rugged and mountainous with little level land
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American Samoa |
five volcanic islands with rugged peaks and limited coastal plains, two coral atolls (Rose Island, Swains Island)
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Andorra |
rugged mountains dissected by narrow valleys
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Angola |
narrow coastal plain rises abruptly to vast interior plateau
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Anguilla |
flat and low-lying island of coral and limestone
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Antigua and Barbuda |
mostly low-lying limestone and coral islands, with some higher volcanic areas
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Equatorial Guinea |
coastal plains rise to interior hills; islands are volcanic
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Argentina |
rich plains of the Pampas in northern half, flat to rolling plateau of Patagonia in south, rugged Andes along western border
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Armenia |
Armenian Highland with mountains; little forest land; fast flowing rivers; good soil in Aras River valley
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Aruba |
flat with a few hills; scant vegetation
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Azerbaijan |
large, flat Kur-Araz Ovaligi (Kura-Araks Lowland) (much of it below sea level) with Great Caucasus Mountains to the north, Qarabag Yaylasi (Karabakh Upland) in west; Baku lies on Abseron Yasaqligi (Apsheron Peninsula) that juts into Caspian Sea
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Ashmore and Cartier Islands |
low with sand and coral
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Ethiopia |
high plateau with central mountain range divided by Great Rift Valley
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Australia |
mostly low plateau with deserts; fertile plain in southeast
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Bahamas, The |
long, flat coral formations with some low rounded hills
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Bahrain |
mostly low desert plain rising gently to low central escarpment
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Baker Island |
low, nearly level coral island surrounded by a narrow fringing reef
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Bangladesh |
mostly flat alluvial plain; hilly in southeast
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Barbados |
relatively flat; rises gently to central highland region
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Bassas da India |
volcanic rock
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Belarus |
generally flat and contains much marshland
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Belgium |
flat coastal plains in northwest, central rolling hills, rugged mountains of Ardennes Forest in southeast
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Belize |
flat, swampy coastal plain; low mountains in south
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Benin |
mostly flat to undulating plain; some hills and low mountains
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Bermuda |
low hills separated by fertile depressions
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Bhutan |
mostly mountainous with some fertile valleys and savanna
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Bolivia |
rugged Andes Mountains with a highland plateau (Altiplano), hills, lowland plains of the Amazon Basin
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Bosnia and Herzegovina |
mountains and valleys
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Botswana |
predominantly flat to gently rolling tableland; Kalahari Desert in southwest
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Bouvet Island |
volcanic; maximum elevation about 800 m; coast is mostly inaccessible
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Brazil |
mostly flat to rolling lowlands in north; some plains, hills, mountains, and narrow coastal belt
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British Virgin Islands |
coral islands relatively flat; volcanic islands steep, hilly
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British Indian Ocean Territory |
flat and low (most areas do not exceed four meters in elevation)
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Brunei |
flat coastal plain rises to mountains in east; hilly lowland in west
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Bulgaria |
mostly mountains with lowlands in north and southeast
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Burkina Faso |
mostly flat to dissected, undulating plains; hills in west and southeast
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Burundi |
hilly and mountainous, dropping to a plateau in east, some plains
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Chile |
low coastal mountains; fertile central valley; rugged Andes in east
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China |
mostly mountains, high plateaus, deserts in west; plains, deltas, and hills in east
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Clipperton Island |
coral atoll
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Cook Islands |
low coral atolls in north; volcanic, hilly islands in south
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Costa Rica |
coastal plains separated by rugged mountains
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Cote d'Ivoire |
mostly flat to undulating plains; mountains in northwest
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Denmark |
low and flat to gently rolling plains
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Germany |
lowlands in north, uplands in center, Bavarian Alps in south
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Dominica |
rugged mountains of volcanic origin
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Dominican Republic |
rugged highlands and mountains with fertile valleys interspersed
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Djibouti |
coastal plain and plateau separated by central mountains
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Ecuador |
coastal plain (costa), inter-Andean central highlands (sierra), and flat to rolling eastern jungle (oriente)
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El Salvador |
mostly mountains with narrow coastal belt and central plateau
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Eritrea |
dominated by extension of Ethiopian north-south trending highlands, descending on the east to a coastal desert plain, on the northwest to hilly terrain and on the southwest to flat-to-rolling plains
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Estonia |
marshy, lowlands
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Europa Island |
low and flat
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European Union |
fairly flat along the Baltic and Atlantic coast; mountainous in the central and southern areas
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
rocky, hilly, mountainous with some boggy, undulating plains
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Faroe Islands |
rugged, rocky, some low peaks; cliffs along most of coast
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Fiji |
mostly mountains of volcanic origin
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Finland |
mostly low, flat to rolling plains interspersed with lakes and low hills
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France |
mostly flat plains or gently rolling hills in north and west; remainder is mountainous, especially Pyrenees in south, Alps in east
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French Southern and Antarctic Lands |
volcanic
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French Guiana |
low-lying coastal plains rising to hills and small mountains
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French Polynesia |
mixture of rugged high islands and low islands with reefs
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Gabon |
narrow coastal plain; hilly interior; savanna in east and south
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Gambia, The |
flood plain of the Gambia river flanked by some low hills
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Gaza Strip |
flat to rolling, sand- and dune-covered coastal plain
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Georgia |
largely mountainous with Great Caucasus Mountains in the north and Lesser Caucasus Mountains in the south; Kolkhet'is Dablobi (Kolkhida Lowland) opens to the Black Sea in the west; Mtkvari River Basin in the east; good soils in river valley flood plains, foothills of Kolkhida Lowland
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Ghana |
mostly low plains with dissected plateau in south-central area
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Gibraltar |
a narrow coastal lowland borders the Rock of Gibraltar
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Glorioso Islands |
low and flat
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Grenada |
volcanic in origin with central mountains
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Greece |
mostly mountains with ranges extending into the sea as peninsulas or chains of islands
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Greenland |
flat to gradually sloping icecap covers all but a narrow, mountainous, barren, rocky coast
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United Kingdom |
mostly rugged hills and low mountains; level to rolling plains in east and southeast
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Guatemala |
mostly mountains with narrow coastal plains and rolling limestone plateau (Peten)
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Guernsey |
mostly level with low hills in southwest
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Guinea |
generally flat coastal plain, hilly to mountainous interior
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Guinea-Bissau |
mostly low coastal plain rising to savanna in east
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Guyana |
mostly rolling highlands; low coastal plain; savanna in south
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Haiti |
mostly rough and mountainous Heard Island and McDonald Islands
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Honduras |
mostly mountains in interior, narrow coastal plains
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Hong Kong |
hilly to mountainous with steep slopes; lowlands in north
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Howland Island |
low-lying, nearly level, sandy, coral island surrounded by a narrow fringing reef; depressed central area
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India |
upland plain (Deccan Plateau) in south, flat to rolling plain along the Ganges, deserts in west, Himalayas in north Indian Ocean
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Indonesia |
mostly coastal lowlands; larger islands have interior mountains
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Isle of Man |
hills in north and south bisected by central valley
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Iraq |
mostly broad plains; reedy marshes along Iranian border in south with large flooded areas; mountains along borders with Iran and Turkey
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Iran |
rugged, mountainous rim; high, central basin with deserts, mountains; small, discontinuous plains along both coasts
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Ireland |
mostly level to rolling interior plain surrounded by rugged hills and low mountains; sea cliffs on west coast
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Iceland |
mostly plateau interspersed with mountain peaks, icefields; coast deeply indented by bays and fiords
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Israel |
Negev desert in the south; low coastal plain; central mountains; Jordan Rift Valley
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Italy |
mostly rugged and mountainous; some plains, coastal lowlands
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Jamaica |
mostly mountains, with narrow, discontinuous coastal plain
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Jan Mayen |
volcanic island, partly covered by glaciers
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Japan |
mostly rugged and mountainous
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Jarvis Island |
sandy, coral island surrounded by a narrow fringing reef
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Yemen |
narrow coastal plain backed by flat-topped hills and rugged mountains; dissected upland desert plains in center slope into the desert interior of the Arabian Peninsula
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Jersey |
gently rolling plain with low, rugged hills along north coast
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Johnston Atoll |
mostly flat
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Jordan |
mostly desert plateau in east, highland area in west; Great Rift Valley separates East and West Banks of the Jordan River
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Juan de Nova Island |
low and flat
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Cayman Islands |
low-lying limestone base surrounded by coral reefs
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Cambodia |
mostly low, flat plains; mountains in southwest and north
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Cameroon |
diverse, with coastal plain in southwest, dissected plateau in center, mountains in west, plains in north
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Canada |
mostly plains with mountains in west and lowlands in southeast
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Cape Verde |
steep, rugged, rocky, volcanic
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Kazakhstan |
extends from the Volga to the Altai Mountains and from the plains in western Siberia to oases and desert in Central Asia
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Qatar |
mostly flat and barren desert covered with loose sand and gravel
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Kenya |
low plains rise to central highlands bisected by Great Rift Valley; fertile plateau in west
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Kingman Reef |
low and nearly level
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Kyrgyzstan |
peaks of Tien Shan and associated valleys and basins encompass entire nation
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Kiribati |
mostly low-lying coral atolls surrounded by extensive reefs
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Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
flat, low-lying coral atolls
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Colombia |
flat coastal lowlands, central highlands, high Andes Mountains, eastern lowland plains
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Comoros |
volcanic islands, interiors vary from steep mountains to low hills
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Congo, Republic of the |
coastal plain, southern basin, central plateau, northern basin
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Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
vast central basin is a low-lying plateau; mountains in east
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Coral Sea Islands |
sand and coral reefs and islands (or cays)
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Korea, North |
mostly hills and mountains separated by deep, narrow valleys; coastal plains wide in west, discontinuous in east
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Korea, South |
mostly hills and mountains; wide coastal plains in west and south
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Croatia |
geographically diverse; flat plains along Hungarian border, low mountains and highlands near Adriatic coastline and islands
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Cuba |
mostly flat to rolling plains, with rugged hills and mountains in the southeast
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Kuwait |
flat to slightly undulating desert plain
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Laos |
mostly rugged mountains; some plains and plateaus
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Lesotho |
mostly highland with plateaus, hills, and mountains
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Latvia |
low plain
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Lebanon |
narrow coastal plain; Al Biqa' (Bekaa Valley) separates Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon Mountains
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Liberia |
mostly flat to rolling coastal plains rising to rolling plateau and low mountains in northeast
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Libya |
mostly barren, flat to undulating plains, plateaus, depressions
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Liechtenstein |
mostly mountainous (Alps) with Rhine Valley in western third
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Lithuania |
lowland, many scattered small lakes, fertile soil
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Luxembourg |
mostly gently rolling uplands with broad, shallow valleys; uplands to slightly mountainous in the north; steep slope down to Moselle flood plain in the southeast
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Macau |
generally flat
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Madagascar |
narrow coastal plain, high plateau and mountains in center
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Malawi |
narrow elongated plateau with rolling plains, rounded hills, some mountains
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Malaysia |
coastal plains rising to hills and mountains
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Maldives |
flat, with white sandy beaches
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Mali |
mostly flat to rolling northern plains covered by sand; savanna in south, rugged hills in northeast
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Malta |
mostly low, rocky, flat to dissected plains; many coastal cliffs
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Morocco |
northern coast and interior are mountainous with large areas of bordering plateaus, intermontane valleys, and rich coastal plains
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Marshall Islands |
low coral limestone and sand islands
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Martinique |
mountainous with indented coastline; dormant volcano
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Mauritania |
mostly barren, flat plains of the Sahara; some central hills
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Mauritius |
small coastal plain rising to discontinuous mountains encircling central plateau
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Mayotte |
generally undulating, with deep ravines and ancient volcanic peaks
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Macedonia |
mountainous territory covered with deep basins and valleys; three large lakes, each divided by a frontier line; country bisected by the Vardar River
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Mexico |
high, rugged mountains; low coastal plains; high plateaus; desert
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Midway Islands |
low, nearly level
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Micronesia, Federated States of |
islands vary geologically from high mountainous islands to low, coral atolls; volcanic outcroppings on Pohnpei, Kosrae, and Truk
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Moldova |
rolling steppe, gradual slope south to Black Sea
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Monaco |
hilly, rugged, rocky
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Mongolia |
vast semidesert and desert plains, grassy steppe, mountains in west and southwest; Gobi Desert in south-central
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Montserrat |
volcanic islands, mostly mountainous, with small coastal lowland
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Mozambique |
mostly coastal lowlands, uplands in center, high plateaus in
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Burma |
central lowlands ringed by steep, rugged highlands
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Namibia |
mostly high plateau; Namib Desert along coast; Kalahari Desert in
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Nauru |
sandy beach rises to fertile ring around raised coral reefs with phosphate plateau in center
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Navassa Island |
raised coral and limestone plateau, flat to undulating; ringed by vertical white cliffs (9 to 15 m high)
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Nepal |
Terai or flat river plain of the Ganges in south, central hill region, rugged Himalayas in north
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New Caledonia |
coastal plains with interior mountains
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New Zealand |
predominately mountainous with some large coastal plains
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Nicaragua |
extensive Atlantic coastal plains rising to central interior
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Netherlands |
mostly coastal lowland and reclaimed land (polders); some hills in southeast
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Netherlands Antilles |
generally hilly, volcanic interiors
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Niger |
predominately desert plains and sand dunes; flat to rolling plains in south; hills in north
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Nigeria |
southern lowlands merge into central hills and plateaus; mountains in southeast, plains in north
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