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About 3D World Atlas

Learn world geography on an interactive 3D globe - explore countries, cities, mountains, rivers, and landmarks with Wikipedia place summaries in one atlas.

What We Cover
171
Countries
with city, population, and area data
1433
Cities
largest cities per country
48
Mountains
highest peaks in the world
38
Rivers
longest rivers by total length
26
Lakes
largest lakes by surface area
10
Languages
most spoken languages worldwide
18
Deserts
largest deserts by area
20
Airports
busiest airports by passengers
Data Policy

All statistics are sourced from authoritative, publicly available datasets - national statistical offices, the World Bank, CIA World Factbook, GeoNames, USGS, and similar institutions. See our data sources page for full attribution, access dates, and licenses.

Wikipedia article summaries are fetched server-side via the Wikipedia REST API, cached for place pages, and are licensed under Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0.

Country boundary data, river centerlines, region polygons, and the Earth texture are derived from Natural Earth (public domain), including the Natural Earth II raster. Country flags are served via FlagCDN.

Frequently asked questions

What is 3D World Atlas?

3D World Atlas is an interactive 3D world atlas for exploring countries, cities, mountains, rivers, lakes, deserts, oceans, islands, and airports on a living globe.

Can I learn geography on the interactive globe?

Yes. Spin the globe, open place pages, and study population, area, and landmark data visually - built for learning world geography, not just looking at a static map.

Where does Wikipedia content come from?

Place summaries come from the Wikipedia REST API, cached server-side, and shown alongside atlas pages so you can read encyclopedia context without leaving the site. Wikipedia text is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

What data powers the atlas?

Statistics come from open sources such as the World Bank, CIA World Factbook, GeoNames, and USGS. Flags come from FlagCDN; map boundaries and the globe texture come from Natural Earth. Full attribution is on the data sources page.