diff --git a/src/plotting/postprocessing_plotting.py b/src/plotting/postprocessing_plotting.py
index cd49ddd56b0a4642b0a9a7f280d0a6b83681398c..97d326bc87c72142ab20ea95effbd88f490f2937 100644
--- a/src/plotting/postprocessing_plotting.py
+++ b/src/plotting/postprocessing_plotting.py
@@ -141,11 +141,11 @@ class PlotStationMap(RunEnvironment):
         """
         Draw coastline, lakes, ocean, rivers and country borders as background on the map.
         """
-        self._ax.add_feature(cfeature.COASTLINE.with_scale("10m"), edgecolor='black')
+        self._ax.add_feature(cfeature.COASTLINE.with_scale("50m"), edgecolor='black')
         self._ax.add_feature(cfeature.LAKES.with_scale("50m"))
         self._ax.add_feature(cfeature.OCEAN.with_scale("50m"))
-        self._ax.add_feature(cfeature.RIVERS.with_scale("10m"))
-        self._ax.add_feature(cfeature.BORDERS.with_scale("10m"), facecolor='none', edgecolor='black')
+        self._ax.add_feature(cfeature.RIVERS.with_scale("50m"))
+        self._ax.add_feature(cfeature.BORDERS.with_scale("50m"), facecolor='none', edgecolor='black')
 
     def _plot_stations(self, generators):
         """