Map Poland - Travel Europe

Poland has a total land area of 312,684 km². Although Poland appears as an unbroken plain on a relief map (see below), it has considerable diversity and complexity. The average elevation is only about 175 m above sea level, as compared with the overall European average of about 290 m, but elevations reach as high as 2,499 m atop Mount Rysy in the High Tatry Mountains in the south, and as low as about 2 m below sea level in the Wisła delta in the north. The northern zone is a vast region of plains and low hills, divided into the Central Polish Lowlands, the Baltic Heights, and the Coastal Plain.

The Central Lowlands are traversed from east to west by a series of large, shallow valleys. To the north of the Central Lowlands is the Baltic Heights region, dotted with hills and lakes. A few good natural harbors are located along the Baltic Sea. The southern 1/3 of Poland consists of upland areas of various kinds and adjacent or intervening lowlands. The Carpathian Mountains, located on Poland’s southeastern border, include the Tatry and Beskid ranges.