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Deserts ❖ Mountains ❖ Rock Formations ❖ Canyons ❖ Craters ❖ Rivers and Riverbeds ❖ Swamps ❖ Lakes ❖ Volcanoes ❖ Hot Springs ❖ Ice and Glaciers ❖ Patterns
Issaouane Erg, Algerian Sahara (map).
Keriya River, Xinjiang, China (map).
Badain Jaran Desert, Inner Mongolia, China (map).
Arabian Desert, Saudi Arabia (map).
Namib Desert, Namibia (map).
Sossusvlei, Numibia (map).
Namib Desert, Namibia (map).
Namib Desert and Kuiseb River, Namibia (map).
Kavir Desert, Iran (map).
Atacama Desert, Chile (map).
Lut Desert, Iran (map).
Northeast Chad (Sahara Desert) (map).
Northeast Chad (Sahara Desert) (map).
Ennedi-Est, Chad (map).
Gibson Desert, Western Australia (map).
Sahara Desert, Mauritania (map).
Edge of Takla Makan Desert, Xinjiang, China (map).
Gobi Desert, Mongolia (map).
Takla Makan Desert, Xinjiang, China (map).
Great Sandy Desert, Western Australia (map).
Namib Desert, Namibia (map).
Wayne, Utah, USA (map).
Wayne, Utah, USA (map).
Al Hajar Mountains, Oman (map).
Sichuan, China (map).
Iceland (map).
Alaska Range, Alaska (map).
Himalayas, Nepal (map).
Kachi Unu, Andes mountains, Bolivia (map).
Cerro Tangani, Chile (map).
Brandberg Mountain, Namibia (map).
Rinconada de Licurnique valley, Peru (map).
Xinjiang, China (map).
Xinjiang, China (map).
White Mountain North, Wyoming, USA (map).
Eastern Turkmenistan (map).
Balkan Mountains, Turkmenistan (map).
Suez Desert, Egypt (map).
Kuh-e Sarkar, Iran (map).
Mendoza, Argentina (map).
Western Cape, South Africa (map).
Tichit, Mouritania (map).
Murzuq, Libya (map).
Zagros Mountains, Iran (map).
Southeastern Iran (map).
Jabal Niqrub al Fawqani, Red Sea region, Egypt (map).
Somalia (map).
Mueller Ranges, Western Australia (map).
Tassili n'Ajjer National Park, Algeria (map).
Neuquen, Argentina (map).
Hangnesberge Mountains, South Africa (map).
Karas Region, Namibia (map).
Somalia (map).
South Africa (map).
Mount Kera, Mali, Africa (map).
Chubut, Argentina (map).
Spitskop and Tefelberg Mountains, Western Cape, South Africa (map).
Wyndham-East Kimberley, Western Australia (map).
Mereenie Bluff, Northern Territory, Australia (map).
Northern Territory, Australia (map).
St Georges Ranges, Western Australia (map).
Northern Cape, South Africa (map).
The Olgas (Kata Tjuta), Northern Territory, Australia (map).
Colorado River, Arizona (map).
Kane, Utah, USA (map).
Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA (map).
Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA (map).
El Azufre canyon, Baja California, Mexico (map).
San Bernadino, California, USA (map).
Baja California, Mexico (map).
Northeastern Iceland (map).
Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico (map).
Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico (map).
Xinjiang, China (map).
Baja California Sur, Mexico (map).
Tsaris Mountains, Namibia (map).
Karas Region, Namibia (map).
Karas Region, Namibia (map).
Karas, Namibia (map).
Neuquen, Argentina (map).
Tibesti Mountains, Chad (map).
Murzuq, Libya (map).
Wolfe Creek crater, Western Australia (map).
Gosses Bluff crater, Northern Territory, Australia (map).
Messum Crater, Namibia (map).
Shoemaker Crater, Western Australia (map).
Aorounga Crater, Chad (map).
Richat Structure, Adrar Plateau, Mauritania (map).
Deception Bay, Papua New Guinea (map).
Scambridge Gulf, Western Australia (map).
Prince Regent River, Western Australia (map).
King River, Western Australia (map).
Malaman Creek, Queensland, Australia (map).
Topsy Creek, Queensland, Australia (map).
Santa Cruz River, Argentina (map).
Goantagab River, Namibia (map).
Finke Gorge National Park, Northern Territory, Australia (map).
Djibouti (map).
Skaapfontein se Rivier, Western Cape, South Africa (map).
Morocco (map).
Baffin Island (map).
Sakha, Russia (map).
Lena River, Sakha, Russia (map).
Coast Mountains, British Columbia, Canada (map).
Edge of Kavir Desert, Iran (map).
Hormozgan, Iran (map).
Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang, China (map).
Northern Baja California, Mexico (map).
Xinjiang, China (map).
Lambayeque, Peru (map).
Riverside, California, USA (map).
Death Valley, California, USA (map).
Kavir National Park, Iran (map).
Ghat, Libya (map).
Wadi al hayat, Libya (map).
Kennedy Range National Park, Western Australia (map).
Toko Range, Northern Territory, Australia (map).
Nockatunga, Queensland, Australia (map).
Mali, Africa (map).
Ranfjorden, Norway (map).
Lake Balkhash, Kazakhstan (map).
Yanghu Lake, China (map).
Lake Cuodarima, Qinghai, China (map).
Lake Ayakum, China (map).
Keban Dam, Turkey (map).
Las Tres Lagunas, Santa Cruz, Argentina (map).
Barbwire Lake, Western Australia (map).
Lake Disappointment, Western Australia (map).
Lake Carnegie, Western Australia (map).
Lake Barlee, Western Australia (map).
Plumridge Lakes, Western Australia (map).
Lake Gilles, South Australia (map).
Lake McFarlane, South Australia (map).
Ojos del Salado volcano, Chile (map).
Linzor volcano Chile (map).
Volcanoes on the Bolivia / Chile border (map).
Mauna Kea dormant volcano, Hawaii (map).
Sakurajima volcano, Japan (map).
Caldera Blanca, Lanzarote, Canary Islands (map).
Mount Vesuvius volcano, Italy (map).
Mount Isarog extinct volcano, Philippines (map).
Chaitén volcano, Chile (map).
Mount Aso Crater, Japan (map).
Kawah Ijen volcano, East Java, Indonesia (map).
Mount Bromo volcano, East Java, Indonesia (map).
Mount Aniakchak caldera, Alaska (map).
Mount Rainier volcano, Washington, USA (map).
Mount St Helens volcano, Washington, USA (map).
South Sister, Oregon, USA (map).
Mount Meakan volcano, Japan (map).
Toussidé, Chad (map).
Emi Koussi volcano, Chad (map).
Mount Tambora volcano, Sumbawa Island, Indonesia (map).
Waw an Namus volcano, Libya (map).
Mud volcano, Pakistan (map).
Dallol hot springs, Danakil Depression, Ethiopia (map).
Baffin Bay, Greenland (map).
Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica (map).
Svalbard (map).
Antarctic Peninsula (map).
Borbjerg glacier, Greenland (map).
Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica (map).
Yazghil, Yukshin Gardan and Khurdopin glaciers, Pakistan (map).
Denali, Alaska (map).
Denali National Preserve, Alaska (map).
Biafo Glacier, Pakistan (map).
Chiantar Glacier, Pakistan (map).
Coronation Glacier, Nunavut, Canada (map).
Tibet, China (map).
Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal (map).
Tibet, China (map).
Iran (map).
Antofagasta, Chile (map).
Et Tidra island, Mauritania (map).
Semnan, Iran (map).
Semnan, Iran (map).
Kuh-e Gugerd mountain range, Iran (map).
Kimbolton, Western Australia (map).
Davenport Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia (map).
Davenport Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia (map).
Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran (map).
Lut Desert, Iran (map).
Tibet, China (map).
Andes Mountains, Argentina (map).
Painted Desert, South Australia (map).
Ouarzazate, Morocco (map).
Chubut, Argentina (map).
Graham Greek, Queensland, Australia (map).
Tanbar, Queensland, Australia (map).
Kennedy Range National Park, Western Australia (map).
Jungulu Island, Western Australia (map).
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