Absolutely impossible to tell which shade of green is which.
Broken_thermocycler on
Chile. Despite having such a long coastline, it appears to have a very high average elevation.
MadMaxIsMadAsMax on
Algeria and Mongolia.
fr8oper8er on
Norway
JGDV98 on
Definitely south Sudan. Never expected it to have an average altitude of no data meters
Public_Research2690 on
Greenland should be with Denmark.
nint3njoe_2003 on
Mexico
Forsaken-Link-5859 on
That Antartica was so high
Fine-Huckleberry4165 on
The UK. I never expected the average to be so low, when you consider that it includes the Scottish Highlands, Snowdonia, Pennines, Mournes, Sperrins, and even parts of the (lowland) Sussex Weald are at higher elevation than the highest points of Denmark.
TheGloveMan on
Very surprised to see Australia and NZ the same.
The middle of Australia is very flat. The South of NZ is very bumpy.
salvito605 on
I am assuming Chinas average is skewed by Tibet?
SilyLavage on
Despite the map above purporting to show the data contained in the accompanying Wikipedia table, there seem to be discrepancies. The UK has an average elevation of 162m, for example.
HighlandsBen on
Japan
gerhardsymons on
No one’s mentioned China?
Foundedcatus1700 on
Uk didn’t expect them to be this flat
Constant-Estate3065 on
Probably the UK. While it does have low lying areas, for the most part the landscape isn’t flat in the slightest. It’s even about 40% uplands, so it’s weird seeing it in the same category as The Netherlands and Denmark.
oddjobbodgod on
How’s this even calculated? Wouldn’t this have the same issue as the coastline problem, where the precision at which you calculate the value drastically impacts the outcome?
Edit: looks like I was incorrect, but fun learning more about why the coastline problem occurs!
Das_Lloss on
Japan is a lot lower than i expected.
PsychologicalGlass47 on
I’m sorry… Kazakhstan / Mongolia leaves me BEYOND surprised.
iosefgol on
I thought Bolivia was higher
WorldlinessRadiant77 on
South Africa for me. I really don’t associate the country with mountains.
Lagcross on
Mexico, due to media even from Mexico never really depicting the country to be mountainous, its usually just deserts or jungle.
Unfair-Claim-2327 on
China. I thought the numerous mountains would get cancelled out by the sheer size of the country. Would expect one of the pinks.
radon_skk on
Colombia. I believe the top three cities (bogotá, Medellín and cali) are all situated in valleys at least a few hundreds of metres above sea level.
ornitorrincos on
Chile
Ehsan1981 on
To me: China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Mexico, UK, South & South West Africa, and Antarctica.
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Greenland
Kazakhstan
Absolutely impossible to tell which shade of green is which.
Chile. Despite having such a long coastline, it appears to have a very high average elevation.
Algeria and Mongolia.
Norway
Definitely south Sudan. Never expected it to have an average altitude of no data meters
Greenland should be with Denmark.
Mexico
That Antartica was so high
The UK. I never expected the average to be so low, when you consider that it includes the Scottish Highlands, Snowdonia, Pennines, Mournes, Sperrins, and even parts of the (lowland) Sussex Weald are at higher elevation than the highest points of Denmark.
Very surprised to see Australia and NZ the same.
The middle of Australia is very flat. The South of NZ is very bumpy.
I am assuming Chinas average is skewed by Tibet?
Despite the map above purporting to show the data contained in the accompanying Wikipedia table, there seem to be discrepancies. The UK has an average elevation of 162m, for example.
Japan
No one’s mentioned China?
Uk didn’t expect them to be this flat
Probably the UK. While it does have low lying areas, for the most part the landscape isn’t flat in the slightest. It’s even about 40% uplands, so it’s weird seeing it in the same category as The Netherlands and Denmark.
How’s this even calculated? Wouldn’t this have the same issue as the coastline problem, where the precision at which you calculate the value drastically impacts the outcome?
Edit: looks like I was incorrect, but fun learning more about why the coastline problem occurs!
Japan is a lot lower than i expected.
I’m sorry… Kazakhstan / Mongolia leaves me BEYOND surprised.
I thought Bolivia was higher
South Africa for me. I really don’t associate the country with mountains.
Mexico, due to media even from Mexico never really depicting the country to be mountainous, its usually just deserts or jungle.
China. I thought the numerous mountains would get cancelled out by the sheer size of the country. Would expect one of the pinks.
Colombia. I believe the top three cities (bogotá, Medellín and cali) are all situated in valleys at least a few hundreds of metres above sea level.
Chile
To me: China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Mexico, UK, South & South West Africa, and Antarctica.