World Map

A world map is a map of the surface of the earth, which is made using different map projections. Creation of the world map has been the result of our quest to seek more knowledge about our Earth. The World Map is a three dimensional depiction of earth on a two dimensional plane. It is made by the using different kinds of map projections. World Maps are tools which provide us with varied world maps for any region of the globe and capture our world in different groups like travel maps, oceans, mountains, continents, country boundaries and many other theme maps.

World maps are essentially physical or political. The political world map shows different territorial borders of countries, while the physical world map displays geographical feature like mountains, land use, water bodies, vegetations, soil type etc.

Features of the World Map

• Important features represented by the world map are the continents of the world. Our world is divided into 7 important continents which are listed below:

• Asia
• North America
• South America
• Africa
• Europe
• Antarctica
• Oceania

Following is a lost of countries in the world in alphabetical order:

A Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan B Bahamas, The Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burma Burundi C Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Costa Rica Cote d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic D Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic E East Timor (see Timor-Leste) Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia F Fiji Finland France G Gabon Gambia, The Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana

H Haiti Holy See Honduras Hong Kong Hungary I Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy J Jamaica Japan Jordan K Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea, North Korea, South Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan L Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg M Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique N Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Korea Norway O Oman

P Pakistan Palau Palestinian Territories Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Q Qatar R Romania Russia Rwanda S Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria T Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu U Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Uruguay Uzbekistan V Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Y Yemen Z Zambia Zimbabwe

Important Oceans

The world map also portrays the important oceanic divisions on earth, which includes:

• Pacific Ocean
• Indian Ocean
• Atlantic Ocean
• Artic Ocean
• Southern Ocean (Also known as Great Southern Ocean and Antarctic Ocean)

Last Updated on 02/22/2013