Explore the world

An interactive world atlas built from open data: explore the countries, rivers, lakes and mountains of the world on a globe – with maps, records and rankings. All data is freely licensed and verifiable. Where something looks wrong, the atlas shows it openly – so the data gets better together.

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Countries239 Rivers60,110 Lakes50,979 Mountain ranges13,725

By place

Europe Africa Asia North America South America Oceania

Earth’s records

Longest riverNile6,650 km Largest dischargeAmazon209,000 m³/s Largest lakeCaspian Sea370,520 km² Largest reservoirLake Volta6,557 km² Deepest lakeLake Baikal1,642 m Highest mountainsHimalayas8,849 m Largest mountain rangeAndes1,979,006 km² Longest canalGrand Canal1,794 km Largest countryRussia17,075,400 km² Smallest countryVatican City0.49 km² Most populous countryPeople's Republic of China1,404,890,000 people (2025) Most densely populatedMonaco18,681 per km² (2025)

Thematic maps

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