SSC / Railway / UPSC / BPSC — World Geography Mind Map Series
| Type of Plain | Examples |
|---|---|
| Karst Plains (Limestone region) | Nullarbor Plain (Australia); Dinaric/Balkan karst includes parts of Serbia and Montenegro, not entire countries as single plains. |
| Alluvial Plains | Indus-Ganga Plain, Mississippi Plain, Nile Plain, Danube Plain, Yangtze-Kiang Plain, etc. |
| Glacial Plains | Plains of Canada, Finland, and Sweden |
| Loess Plain | Loess Plateau of north-central China: wind-deposited silt; North China Plain is mainly alluvial. |
| Coastal Plains | Florida Plain, Coromandel Coast Plain |
| Broad Structural / Erosional Lowlands | Paris Basin, Central Russian Plain |
| Island | Area (sq. km) | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Greenland (World's largest island) | 2,166,086 | Between Arctic (North Pole) Ocean and Atlantic Ocean |
| New Guinea | 785,753 | Western Pacific Ocean |
| Borneo / Kalimantan (Asia's largest) | 751,929 | Western Pacific / Southeast Asia (Malay Archipelago) |
| Madagascar | 587,713 | Indian Ocean |
| Baffin Island | 507,451 | North Arctic Ocean |
| Sumatra | 472,784 | Indian Ocean |
| Victoria Island | 217,291 | Arctic Ocean |
| Honshu (Japan's main island, location of Tokyo) | 227,963 | Northwestern Pacific Ocean |
| Great Britain | 209,331 | North Atlantic Ocean |
| Ellesmere Island | 196,236 | Arctic Ocean |
| Sulawesi / Celebes | ~180,700 | Pacific Ocean |
| Java (world’s most populous island) | ~138,800 | Indonesia |
| Luzon Island | 109,965 | Western Pacific Ocean |
| Newfoundland | ~111,390 | Northwestern Atlantic Ocean |
| Cuba | 104,338 | Caribbean Sea |
| Iceland (Island of Fire) | 103,000 | Northern Atlantic Ocean and Arctic Ocean |
| Desert | Location |
|---|---|
| Sahara (across 11 countries) — World's largest hot desert | Northern Africa |
| Kalahari | Southern Africa |
| Taklamakan | Xinjiang Province (China) |
| Australian deserts: Great Victoria, Great Sandy, Gibson, Simpson, Tanami, Sturt Stony | Australia |
| Namib | Namibia |
| Somali Desert | Somalia |
| Thar Desert (Highest population density desert) | North-west India and Pakistan |
| Atacama — driest non-polar desert | Northern Chile |
| Rub’ al Khali and An Nafud, linked by Ad Dahna — Arabian Desert system | Saudi Arabia |
| Gobi — vast East Asian cold desert | Mongolia and China |
| Sonoran | USA, Mexico |
| Karakum | Turkmenistan |
| Dasht-e-Lut | Eastern Iran |
| Dasht-e-Kavir | Northern Iran |
| Patagonia | Argentina |
| Mojave | USA (California, near the Sierra Nevada) |
| Antarctic Desert — largest desert overall and largest cold desert | Antarctica |
| Fact | Details |
|---|---|
| World's largest island | Greenland (2,166,086 sq. km) |
| Asia's largest island | Borneo / Kalimantan |
| World's largest hot desert | Sahara (Northern Africa) – across 11 countries |
| World's largest cold desert | Antarctic Desert (Antarctica) |
| Driest Non-Polar Desert | Atacama (Northern Chile) |
| Largest desert in Asia | Arabian Desert (~2.3 million km²) |
| Highest population density desert | Thar Desert (India-Pakistan) |
| Plains cover | More than one-third of Earth’s land area |
| World’s Most Populous Island | Java Island (Indonesia) |