MAP STATEMENTS

GEO CLASS-7
Map 1:Continents and Oceans
Asia: Largest continent in population and size
Africa: 2nd largest continent in population and size
North America: 3rd largest continent
South America: 4thlargest continent
Antarctica: Coldest continent in the world; 5thlargest continent
Europe: 6thlargest continent; it comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia
Australia: Smallest continent in the world; it’s largest city is Sydney; It is the only
continent which is also an ‘Island Country’
Pacific Ocean: An ocean that is circular in shape
Atlantic Ocean: An ocean with ‘S’ shape
Indian ocean: The only ocean named after a country
Southern Ocean: Also known as Antarctic Ocean or the Austral Ocean; it encircles
Antarctica
Arctic Ocean: Smallest ocean in the world

Map 2:Deserts
Sahara Desert: Largest desert located in the Northern part of Africa
Kalahari Desert: Desert located in the southern part of South America,it lies on
the western side of the World’s longest mountain range
Atacama Desert: Desert located in the northern part of Chile
Thar Desert: The Great Indian Desert famous for thorny vegetation; it forms the
natural boundary between India and Pakistan
Great Victorian Desert: Largest desert of Australia and the 3rd largest desert of the
world
Gobi Desert: Desert located in China
Arabian Desert: Located in the West Asia; it is the 4th largest desert in the world
and the largest in Asia; at it’s center is the Rub’al-Khali

Map 3:Grasslands
Prairies: Grasslands located between Rockies mountain ranges and Five Great
Lakes; located in North America covering 2 countries which are USA and Canada
Pampas: Grasslands of Argentina
Velds: Grasslands near Drakensberg Mountain; temperate grassland in South
Africa
Steppes: Temperate grasslands in Eurasia
Downs: Temperate Grasslands of a continent which is also a country(Australia)
Llanos: Situated in the east of the Andes in Columbia and Venezuela in the
northwestern South America
Savanna:

Map 4:Major port and airports

New York: Statue of liberty is located here.
Cape Town: The port that lies on the southernmost tip of Africa
Perth: Capital of western Australia
Sydney: It has the Opera house.
Los Angeles: Located in California
Rio de Janeiro: Airport located in Brazil or where statue of Christ the Redeemer is
also located
Mumbai: India’s largest city
London: It has the iconic ‘Big Ben’ clock tower
Kolkata:It has the Mother house headquarters of Missionaries of Charity founded
by Mother Teresa.
Buenos Aires: The place where G20 summit held for the 1st time
Beijing: Capital of China

Map 5:Important water bodies; seas; lakes; bays and rivers

Bay of Bengal: The Sea where tropical cyclones occur every year; here India’s only
active volcano is situated
Caspean Sea: Largest salt water lake; world’s largest lake by area; world’s largest
enclosed inland water body; Largest land locked water body
Lake Baikal: Largest fresh water lake in Asia
Red Sea: Also called ‘Erythraean Sea’; it lies between Africa and Asia; world’s
northernmost tropical sea
Five Great Lakes: It is located in North America; largest group of freshwater lakes
Suez Canal: Canal that connects Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea; it separates
Africa from Asia
Mediterranean Sea: Water body located to the north of Africa
Panama Canal: Canal that separates North America from South America; it joins
Atlantic Ocean to Pacific Ocean
Lake Victoria: Source of river Nile
River Nile: Longest river in the world
River Amazon: This river estuary is known as ‘The River Sea’; widest or broadest
river of the world
English Channel: Water body that separates south coast of England and North
coast of France; It connects London and Paris.