Plotting basic map features

In this recipe, we will learn the basic features provided by cartopy for plotting the map. This recipe will cover features such as borders of countries, coastal area borders with land, land areas, oceans, rivers, and lakes. It will also cover how to provide a background image for better visualizations.

Getting ready

You'll need to import the required libraries using the following commands:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import cartopy.crs as ccrs
import cartopy.feature as cfeature

How to do it...

Here are the steps involved in plotting a...