maps Archives | Page 5 of 8 | Driving Directions & Google Maps

Google Maps™ Driving Directions (Home) » Glossary » maps » Page 5

Cambodia

Last modified by Driving Directions on 01/05/2021

Driving Directions Cambodia

CAMBODIA, formerly called Kampuchea, is a southeast Asian state bounded by Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam, and its southern coast lies on the Gulf of Thailand. The country was devastated by its involvement in the Vietnam War (1960-75), followed by the brutal regime of the Khymer Rouge under Pol Pot (1975-79) when it thought that as many as two million people were killed. Since that time, extreme political instability and sporadic fighting have hampered development within the country. Cambodia is largely a low-lying country fringed by modest-sized mountain ranges and upland plateaux in the southwest, north, and east. The Dangrek Mountains form the frontier with Thailand in the northwest. The heart of the country is the Mekong River drains a saucer-shaped basin whose gently rolling alluvial plains. The western part of the basin is occupied by a large lake, the Tónié Sap (Great Lake).

Google Maps™ Driving Directions (Home) » Glossary » maps » Page 5

Burundi

Last modified by Driving Directions on 01/05/2021

Driving Directions Burundi

BURUNDI is a small, densely populated republic in central east Africa bounded by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and south, and the Democratic Republic of Congo to the west. One of the world’s poorest nations, Burundi consists mainly of an upland plateau at an elevation of around 1,400-1,800 meters or 4,600-5,900 feet. In the west, the land falls away to the River Rusizi and Lake Tanganyika valley, lying within the African Rift Valley. The plateau also drops away eastwards and southeastwards towards the valleys of the Ruyuvu and Malagarasi rivers.

Google Maps™ Driving Directions (Home) » Glossary » maps » Page 5

Burkina Faso

Last modified by Driving Directions on 01/05/2021

Driving Directions Burkina Faso

BURKINA FASO is a landlocked country in West Africa. The People’s Democratic Republic of Burkina Faso was formerly called Upper Volta and is one of the world’s poorest countries. It comprises a plateau region in the north on the Sahara fringe, which gives way southwards to an area of plains. The northern part of the country is arid and is an extension of the Sahara Desert. The south is less dry and has savannah-type vegetation and scattered trees, although desertification threatens part of this land.

Google Maps™ Driving Directions (Home) » Glossary » maps » Page 5

Bulgaria

Last modified by Driving Directions on 01/05/2021

Driving Directions Bulgaria

BULGARIA is a southeast European republic located on the east of the Balkan Peninsula with a coast on the Black Sea to the east. It is bounded to the north by Romania, to the west by Serbia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and the south by Greece and Turkey.

Hills or mountains cover about half of Bulgaria’s land area. The center of Bulgaria is crossed from west to east by the Balkan Mountains. In the south, the Rhodopi Mountains straddle the border with Greece, and, in the western central region of the country, the Rila mountain chain contains the country’s highest peak, Musala (2,925 meters or 9,597 feet).

Google Maps™ Driving Directions (Home) » Glossary » maps » Page 5

Brunei

Last modified by Driving Directions on 01/05/2021

Driving Directions Brunei

BRUNEI is a sultanate located on the northwest coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. It is bounded on all sides by the Malaysian state of Sarawak, which splits the country into two separate parts. Broad tidal swamplands cover the coastal plains, and inland Brunei is hilly and covered with tropical rainforests.

Google Maps™ Driving Directions (Home) » Glossary » maps » Page 5

Brazil

Last modified by Driving Directions on 01/05/2021

Driving Directions Brazil

BRAZIL is a huge South American country bounded to the north, south, and east by the Atlantic Ocean. It is the fifth-largest country in the world and covers nearly half of South America. There are two dominant topographical features – the great Amazon river basin and the ancient plateau region of crystalline rocks called the Brazilian Highlands. The Amazon river basin occupies a huge land area, over one-third of the country’s area, and much of this covered with tropical rainforests.

Google Maps™ Driving Directions (Home) » Glossary » maps » Page 5

Botswana

Last modified by Driving Directions on 01/05/2021

Driving Directions Botswana

BOTSWANA is a landlocked republic in southern Africa which straddles the Tropic of Capricorn. South Africa surrounds Botswana to the south and east, Namibia to the west, Zimbabwe to the northeast, and meet at Zambia west of the Victoria Falls. Much of the west and southwest of the country forms part of the Kalahari Desert. There is a huge area of marshland around the Okavango Delta in the north, which is home to a wide variety of wildlife. East and south of the delta are the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans.

Google Maps™ Driving Directions (Home) » Glossary » maps » Page 5

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Last modified by Driving Directions on 01/05/2021

Driving Directions Bosnia and Herzegovina

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, more commonly known as Bosnia, declared its independence from the former Yugoslavia in 1992 and became the scene of bitter ethnic fighting in the years that followed. Densely forested and deeply cut by rivers flowing northwards to join the River Sava, the Dinaric Alps are the principal topographical feature in the west and south.

The limestone plateau further to the east and the north is a second prominent feature, while the northern strip of the country is lower-lying and densely forested and includes part of the Dinaric Alps. Half the country is forested, and timber is an important product of the northern areas. One-quarter of the land cultivated, corn, wheat, and flax are the north’s principal products.

Google Maps™ Driving Directions (Home) » Glossary » maps » Page 5

Bolivia

Last modified by Driving Directions on 01/05/2021

Driving Directions Bolivia

BOLIVIA is one of only two South American countries surrounded by land on all sides, having lost its Pacific coastline to Peru and Chile in the late 1800s. The dominant topographical feature is the Andes mountain chain. This forms two main ranges, the Cordillera Occidental and the Cordillera Oriental running from north to south in the southwestern third of the country. Lying in between them is a high, fairly barren, treeless plateau called the Altiplano, where most Bolivians live. Lake Titicaca, which straddles the border with Peru, is in the northern part of the Altiplano. The country’s administrative capital and largest city, La Paz, lies just to the south and the east of Lake Titicaca and is the highest capital city in the world, built 3,612 meters or 11,850 feet above sea level.

Google Maps™ Driving Directions (Home) » Glossary » maps » Page 5

Bhutan

Last modified by Driving Directions on 01/05/2021

Driving Directions Bhutan

India surrounds BHUTAN to the south and China to the north. It rises from foothills overlooking the Brahmaputra river to the southern slopes of the Himalayas. The Himalayas, which rise to over 7,500 meters or 24,608 feet in Bhutan, make up most countries. Bhutan can be divided into three topographical regions: the high Himalayas; the middle Himalayas, where the mountains are lower and are dissected by fertile valleys occupied by rivers which are main tributaries of India’s Brahmaputra river; and the foothills and plains of a region called the Duars, the southern part of which is used for agriculture.