World Elevations
WorldPhysical EnvironmentElevation of Earth's surface, including the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets.
NOAAA map illustrates global elevations, categorized by different height ranges in meters: below sea level to 0, 1 to 199, 200 to 499, 500 to 1,999, 2,000 to 3,999, and above 4,000.
The map shows global elevations with color-coded categories for different height ranges: Below Sea Level to 0 meters (very dark blue): Small areas highlighted in the north-eastern U S A, around the Caspian Sea, and parts of Egypt, the north-eastern region of Ethiopia, and northern region of Germany. 1 to 199 meters (dark blue): South Coastal Plain and lower Mississippi Valley in Eastern North America, large low-lying areas in South America (Amazon Basin, parts of southern Brazil, Paraguay, northern Argentina), most of northern Europe, valleys of major Asian rivers (Tigris, Euphrates, Indus, Ganges), parts of eastern China and Southeast Asia, coastal areas of Africa, and parts of northern and south-central Australia. 200 to 499 meters (brown): Eastern North America, parts of South America, much of southern Europe, parts of West and North Africa, parts of Russia, most of Australia. 500 to 1,999 meters (orange): Most of western North America except higher mountains, much of Asia, central and southern Africa, most of Norway, and other scattered regions. 2,000 to 3,999 meters (dark pink): Rocky Mountains, Sierra Nevada in North America, central mountainous spine of Central America, higher areas in South America (excluding Andes), and Greenland and Antarctic ice caps. Above 4,000 meters (green): Central Andes Mountains in South America, Himalayas, and Tibetan Plateau in Asia.
2000–3,999 m | 500–1,999 m | 200–499 m | 1–199 m | Below sea level to 0 m | Class | Rank | Percent | Class | Rank | Percent | Value | Oil Shale or Tar Sands | Arches | Aulavik National Park of Canada | Auyuittuq National Park of Canada | Badlands | Banff National Park of Canada | Bering Land Bridge National Park | Big Bend | Canyonlands | Cape Breton Highlands National Park of Canada | Capitol Reef | Channel Islands | Congaree | Crater Lake | Death Valley | Denali | Everglades | Fundy National Park of Canada | Glacier Bay | Glacier National Park of Canada | Glacier | Grand Canyon | Grand Teton | Great Basin | Great Sand Dunes | Great Smoky Mountains | Gros Morne National Park of Canada | Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve of Canada and Haida Heritage Site | Haleakala | Hawai'i Volcanoes | Isle Royale | Ivvavik National Park of Canada | Jasper National Park of Canada | Joshua Tree | Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site of Canada | Kenai Fjords | Kings Canyon | Kluane National Park Reserve of Canada | Kobuk Valley | Kootenay National Park of Canada | Kouchibouguac National Park of Canada | Lassen Volcanic | Mammoth Cave | Mealy Mountains National Park Reserve | Mount Rainier | Nááts'ihch'oh National Park Reserve of Canada | Nahanni National Park Reserve of Canada | North Cascades | Olympic | Parc national Kuururjuaq | Parc national Tursujuq | Prince Albert National Park of Canada | Pukaskwa National Park of Canada | Qausuittuq National Park of Canada | Quttinirpaaq National Park of Canada | Redwood | Riding Mountain National Park of Canada | Rocky Mountain | Saguaro | Shenandoah | Sirmilik National Park of Canada | Theodore Roosevelt | Torngat Mountains National Park Reserve of Canada | Tuktut Nogait National Park of Canada | Ukkusiksalik National Park of Canada | Vuntut National Park of Canada | Wapusk National Park of Canada | Wood Buffalo National Park of Canada | Yellowstone | Yoho National Park of Canada | Yosemite | Zion | |
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| 6.85% | 9.03% | 23.5% | 9.18% | 0.840% | 11.5% | 0.132% | 1.27% | 0.759% | 0.211% | 0.921% | 0.777% | 0.422% | 0.602% | 1.74% | 0.414% | 0.108% | 0.118% | 0.283% | 1.93% | 1.58% | 2.68% | 0.241% | 0.595% | 0.127% | 1.09% | 1.65% | 0.426% | 0.115% | 0.316% | 0.934% | 0.426% | 0.112% | 0.380% | 7.64% | 0.404% | 2.50% | 1.59% | 0.737% | 0.681% | 0.139% | 0.837% | 4.12% | 0.527% | 0.129% | 0.277% | 0.115% | 0.152% | 2.69% | 0.544% | 0.314% | 1.87% | 1.18% | 2.07% | 0.319% | 1.85% | 0.603% | 0.169% | 0.597% | 3.97% | 0.113% | 0.423% | 0.399% | 0.108% | 0.738% | 1.16% | 0.137% | 2.69% | 1.55% | 0.646% | 1.08% | 1.76% | 1.98% | 1.35% | 0.127% | 0.741% | 0.258% | ||||||||