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.
Akirohan on
French Guiana should be the same color as France, just like Alaska is the same color as the US.
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?
kakje666 on
Antarctica, i knew there are some tall mountains but i never knew it’s so damn high on average
amapofthecat7 on
Would have thought San Marino would be a red dot in Italy. Is it just too small to see?
Foundedcatus1700 on
Uk didn’t expect them to be this flat
Weekly_Bat5119 on
Lebanon
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?
Das_Lloss on
Japan is a lot lower than i expected.
Initial_Leadership37 on
South Africa – pictured Savanna
RRautamaa on
Namibia. I assumed it was all just flat desert.
PsychologicalGlass47 on
I’m sorry… Kazakhstan / Mongolia leaves me BEYOND surprised.
PoppingPillls on
Could have used less subtle shades of green as they all blend into the same colour in the middle section.
South Africa for me. I really don’t associate the country with mountains.
clonn on
I expected Spain to by higher. It’s very mountainous and it has a huge plateau in the center.
ZaimonXd on
Like antartica???
matiaskeeper on
My own country 🇦🇷. We have the Andes all over the west, the Puna in the north, the Sierras Cordobesas in the center… Yet the Pampas are so huge that they drop completely the average to almost zero.
IoIoIoYoIoIoI on
At first I just saw “What’s the most surprising country?” and was going to say “for me Andorra, with its status of a Hispano-French condominium, while also having some elements of actual statehood — and in Europe, at that, not the Caribbean or what have you”.
Then I realised it is about hills and mountains. And then it is Scotland, for sure. Unless the UK is counted as one for some very weird reason.
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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.
French Guiana should be the same color as France, just like Alaska is the same color as the US.
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?
Antarctica, i knew there are some tall mountains but i never knew it’s so damn high on average
Would have thought San Marino would be a red dot in Italy. Is it just too small to see?
Uk didn’t expect them to be this flat
Lebanon
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?
Japan is a lot lower than i expected.
South Africa – pictured Savanna
Namibia. I assumed it was all just flat desert.
I’m sorry… Kazakhstan / Mongolia leaves me BEYOND surprised.
Could have used less subtle shades of green as they all blend into the same colour in the middle section.
Is ireland really that high up? I thought ireland was a big flat grassland 🫩
I thought Bolivia was higher
South Africa for me. I really don’t associate the country with mountains.
I expected Spain to by higher. It’s very mountainous and it has a huge plateau in the center.
Like antartica???
My own country 🇦🇷. We have the Andes all over the west, the Puna in the north, the Sierras Cordobesas in the center… Yet the Pampas are so huge that they drop completely the average to almost zero.
At first I just saw “What’s the most surprising country?” and was going to say “for me Andorra, with its status of a Hispano-French condominium, while also having some elements of actual statehood — and in Europe, at that, not the Caribbean or what have you”.
Then I realised it is about hills and mountains. And then it is Scotland, for sure. Unless the UK is counted as one for some very weird reason.