and plateaus
Latvia:
low plain
Lebanon:
narrow coastal plain; Al Biqa' (Bekaa Valley) separates
Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon Mountains
Lesotho:
mostly highland with plateaus, hills, and mountains
Liberia:
mostly flat to rolling coastal plains rising to rolling
plateau and low mountains in northeast
Libya:
mostly barren, flat to undulating plains, plateaus,
depressions
Liechtenstein:
mostly mountainous (Alps) with Rhine Valley in
western third
Lithuania:
lowland, many scattered small lakes, fertile soil
Luxembourg:
mostly gently rolling uplands with broad, shallow
valleys; uplands to slightly mountainous in the north; steep slope
down to Moselle flood plain in the southeast
Macau:
generally flat
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
mountainous territory
covered with deep basins and valleys; three large lakes, each
divided by a frontier line; country bisected by the Vardar River
Madagascar:
narrow coastal plain, high plateau and mountains in
center
Malawi:
narrow elongated plateau with rolling plains, rounded hills,
some mountains
Malaysia:
coastal plains rising to hills and mountains
Maldives:
flat, with white sandy beaches
Mali:
mostly flat to rolling northern plains covered by sand;
savanna in south, rugged hills in northeast
Malta:
mostly low, rocky, flat to dissected plains; many coastal
cliffs
Man, Isle of:
hills in north and south bisected by central valley
Marshall Islands:
low coral limestone and sand islands
Martinique:
mountainous with indented coastline; dormant volcano
Mauritania:
mostly barren, flat plains of the Sahara; some central
hills
Mauritius:
small coastal plain rising to discontinuous mountains
encircling central plateau
Mayotte:
generally undulating, with deep ravines and ancient
volcanic peaks
Mexico:
high, rugged mountains; low coastal plains; high plateaus;
desert
Micronesia, Federated States of:
islands vary geologically from high
mountainous islands to low, coral atolls; volcanic outcroppings on
Pohnpei, Kosrae, and Truk
Midway Islands:
low, nearly level
Moldova:
rolling steppe, gradual slope south to Black Sea
Monaco:
hilly, rugged, rocky
Mongolia:
vast semidesert and desert plains, grassy steppe,
mountains in west and southwest; Gobi Desert in south-central
Montserrat:
volcanic islands, mostly moun
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