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English: Physical Map of Africa
  • Source of Data

Natural Earth v. 6.0 was the primary source of base map data, including land cover, shaded relief, bathymetry, coastlines, rivers, lakes, and coral reefs. Natural Earth also provided river and lake names. PeakVisor and Wikipedia were the source of peak names and elevations. Large feature names, such as mountain ranges and deserts derive from multiple references, including recent atlases and online maps, primarily Apple Maps. Map made in February 2025.

Note : Be advised that these names and their exact locations often differed between sources, especially in the deserts of North Africa. Arabic transliterations are not consistent. Labels throughout the map are an eclectic mix of Afrikaans, Arabic, Berber, English, French, and various other colonial and indigenous languages.
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Source https://shadedrelief.com/africa/
Author Tom Patterson

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Physical Map of Africa made in 2025.

In dieser Datei abgebildete Objekte

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Africa

map

depicted part: Africa

inception

2 February 2025

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current15:19, 16 June 2025Thumbnail for version as of 15:19, 16 June 202516,683 × 15,856 (45.51 MB)AristeasAgain the high-res version (https://www.shadedrelief.com/africa/Africa-Map-Large.jpg), but with embedded AdobeRGB profile. Acc. to the Exif data, this file uses very probably the AdobeRGB profile, but the profile was not embedded – that makes the file display with wrong (too muted) colours. Therefore I have added the profile with ExifTool, e.g. without any quality loss.
15:03, 16 June 2025Thumbnail for version as of 15:03, 16 June 202516,683 × 15,856 (45.51 MB)AristeasUploaded the high-resolution version of the same map from the same source (https://shadedrelief.com/africa/ – direct link: https://www.shadedrelief.com/africa/Africa-Map-Large.jpg)
14:08, 15 June 2025Thumbnail for version as of 14:08, 15 June 20259,533 × 9,061 (19.72 MB)Riad SalihUploaded own work with UploadWizard

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