Natural landscapes of the world in photographs

In this section of the site we collect our authoring (our own and from our friends and colleagues) images of natural landscapes of the world, including different geological formations, relief forms, natural water bodies and vegetation types, as well as some plants and animals typical to different native zones and geographical regions.

You can choose these regions using the map or the countries/regions list (below the map). Clicking on the red dot on the map or country in the list you will be transferred to the page with the whole list of this region images and their previews. Clicking on the preview you will find the full sized image (usually 1024 x 768 pixels and approximately 150 kilobytes).

Russia
(from West to East)

24) West Baltic: Kurshskaya Kosa (24*)
72) Leningrad Region and South Karelia (38)
1)   Moscow Region (Central Russia) (16)
84) Western Caucasus Mountains (Sochi) (58) NEW
31) Northern Caucasus Mountains (Elbruz) (56)
81) Northern Ossetia (Northern Caucasus) (16) NEW
28) Middle Volga (Taiga zone) (32*)
2)   Middle Volga (Steppe zone) (13)
70) Asrakhan Nature Reserve (30)
76) Yugyd-Va National Park (Komi Republic) (20)
3)   Ural Mountains: Chusovaya river (4)*
25) Western Siberia: Ob-river valley (103)
29) Taz peninsula (North of Western Siberia) (29)
56) Altai Region (Altaisky Krai) (28)
71) Altai Mountains (Altai Republic) (93)
4)   Sayan Mountains (Southern Siberia) (19)
89) Minusinsk basin (Southern Siberia) (9) NEW
26) Lake Baikal: Irkutsk (25)
5)   Far East: Sihote-Alin Mountains (14)
6)   Kuril Islands: Kunashir, Atlasov and Paramushir (9+25)
23) Far East: Kamchatka (volcanoes, mountains, water bodies, vegetation, wildlife)(252)

Former USSR states

7)   Georgia: Central Caucasus Mountains (14)
8)   Northern Tien-Shan: Issik-Kul Lake and Zailiysky Alatau (37)
9)   Kirgizstan: Western Tien-Shan Mountains (17)
10) Tadjikstan: Pamir Mountains (18)
74) Carpathian Mountains (Western Ukraine) (14)
75) Western Caucasus (Abkhazia) (30)

Europe
(from North to South)

14) Norway (11)
15) Finland (10)
11) UK: England and Scotland (22)
12) UK: Wales (6)
74) Carpathian Mountains (Western Ukraine) (14)
79) Netherlands (22)
32) Switzerland (23)
33) Austria (13)
91) Italy (Dolomites Alps) (29) NEW
13) Northern and Central France (49)
86) Southern France (22) NEW
83) Andorra (27) NEW
73) Spain and Portugal (25)
78) Italy (Apennine Peninsula) (78)
27) Croatia (88)
62) Western Bulgaria (Mountains) (25)
80) Eastern Bulgaria (Black Sea) (153) NEW
16) Northern Greece (26)
90) Kos Island (Southern Greece) (46) NEW
87) Rhodes Island (Southern Greece) (51) NEW
88) Crete Island (Southern Greece) (58) NEW
17) Cyprus (53)

Asia

34) Central Turkey (Taurus mountains) (11)
82) Southern Turkey (Kemer, Antalya) (78) NEW
55) Middle East (Cyria, Lebanon and Israel) (70)
42) North-East China (Peking) (15)
63) Sri Lanka (30)
43) Laos (21)
85) South-Western Thailand (60) NEW
44) South-Eastern Thailand (22)
45) Indonesia (Bali Island) (25)
69) India (Himalayas) (73)
77) United Arab Emirates (92)

North America

18) East coast (Eastern states) (11)
19) Alaska (15)
20) Rocky Mountains (USA, Montana) (15)
21) Yellowstone National Park (46)
22) Utah and Nevada mountains (8)
30) Steppe and deserts (Arizona and Texas) (81)

Central America

38) Mexico (3)
39) Cuba (Caribbean) (11)
40) Guatemala and Honduras (15)
41) Costa Rica (10)

South America

58) Venezuela (Orinoco river and Guiana Highlands (32)
57) Central Andes and Amazonian Lowland (Peru) (40)
59) Precordillera (Argentina) (39)
60) Brazilian Highlands (Brazilian Plateau) (46)
61) Patagonia (Argentina) (33)
53) The Land of Fire (Tierra del Fuego) Archipelago (20)

Africa

35) Tunis (Tunisia) (7)
36) Egypt (7)
37) Kenya and Tanzania (71)
52) Tenerife Island (Canaries Archipelago) (134)
64) Angola (52)
65) Zambia (9)
66) Namibia (48)
67) Swaziland (14)
68) South African Republic (44)

Australia and New Zealand

46) North Australia (Darwin) (35)
47) Australia Northern Territory (11)
48) South-Eastern Australia (Sydney, New South Wales) (16)
49) Southern Australia (Melburn, Victoria) (38)
50) New Zealand - North Island (32)
51) New Zealand - South Island (156)

Antarctic

54) Antarctic Peninsula (42)

* Notice: 00 - images scanned from the color slides (low quality), 00 - digital images