Africa and Its World Location
detailed
World Maps
Explore printable world and regional maps with coastlines based on Natural Earth geographic data. Color continents, compare views from the poles, or look more closely at selected lakes and rivers. Regional sheets include a small world map to show their location.
Coloring Pages
Equal Earth World Map
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World Map Outline
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Asia and Its World Location
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Australia and the Western Pacific
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Detailed World Coastline Map
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Europe and Its World Location
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World Map with a Simple Grid
medium
World Lakes with Three Close-ups
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World Rivers with Three Close-ups
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North America and Its World Location
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A World Map Centered on the Pacific
medium
Choose a whole-world view or a regional close-up
A wide view helps compare locations; a close-up gives you more room around a coastline.
Whole-world outline
The curved frame shows the continents together without country borders. Choose it for a simple land-and-water color key.
Equal Earth World Map →
North America close-up
The large regional coastline has a small world locator underneath. Choose it to follow bays and islands at a larger size.
North America and Its World Location →Highlight Africa with a clear color key
Print the original line drawing below. Match the numbered areas to the color key and steps, then compare your result with the example.
Digital coloring example
- 1. Ochre highlighted mainland
- 2. Pale blue water
- 3. White other land
- Fill mainland Africa ochre, following its coastline. Leave Madagascar and the other landmasses white.
- Color the water inside the curved map frame pale blue. Use light pressure around small islands.
- Leave all other land, including Antarctica, white, and keep the paper outside the frame white.
The color key should mean: ochre highlights Africa, blue means water and white means other land.
Add your own legend
Write the three color meanings below the printed map. Ochre highlights a location here; it does not mean desert or show political borders. Use an atlas when a task needs country names, boundaries or accurate distances.