Natural landscapes of the world in photographs

Through countries and continents: World Nature by ecologist eye

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

1) Moscow Region (Central Russia) (16)*
2) Middle Volga (Steppe zone) (13)
3) Ural Mountains: Chusovaya river (4)*
4) Sayan Mountains (South-East of Russia) (19)
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)
24) West Baltic: Kurshskaya Kosa (24)
25) Western Siberia: Ob-river valley (103)
26) Lake Baikal: Irkutsk (25)
28) Middle Volga (Taiga zone) (32)
29) Taz peninsula (North of Western Siberia) (29)
31) Northern Caucasus Mountains (Elbruz) (56)
56) Altai Region (Altaisky Krai) (28)
71) Altai Mountains (Altai Republic) (93) new
70) Asrakhan Nature Reserve (30) new
72) Leningrad Region and South Karelia (38) new
76) Yugyd-Va National Park (Komi Republic) (20) new

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) new
75) Western Caucasus (Abkhazia) (30) new

Europe

11) UK: England and Scotland (22)
12) UK: Wales (6)
13) France (22)
14) Norway (11)
15) Finland (10)
16) Greece (26)
17) Cyprus (53)
27) Croatia (88)
62) Bulgaria (25)
32) Switzerland (23)
33) Austria (13)
73) Spain and Portugal (25) new

Asia

34) Turkey (11)
55) Middle East (Cyria, Lebanon and Israel) (70)
42) North-East China (Peking) (15)
63) Sri Lanka (30)
43) Laos (21)
44) Thailand (22)
45) Indonesia (Bali Island) (25)
69) India (Himalayas) (73) new

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) new
65) Zambia (9) new
66) Namibia (48) new
67) Swaziland (14) new
68) South African Republic (44) new

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