National Geographic Family Reference Atlas of the WorldA modern atlas demands not just state-of-the-art cartography but a vast array of information organized clearly, efficiently, and above all, usefullyand that s what the "Family Reference Atlas" provides: more than 1,000 maps, illustrations, and photographs; more than 400 charts and tables; and 30 global thematic spreads displaying key facts and figures on everything from biodiversity and the distribution of natural resources to world health and education, global Internet connectivity, and conflict and terror hot spots. A comprehensive index makes it easy to pinpoint more than 40,000 locations all over the globe. Need to know the population of Brunei, what the weather s like in San Juan in March, or how to use metric conversions? These answers and thousands more are at your fingertips. Readers learn about the planet itselflandforms, the biosphere, continental drift, environmental changeand the human world s many dimensions, from political, religious, and economic data to population trends and the effect of globalization. The atlas even reaches beyond Earth to explore the solar system, the Milky Way, and the Universe." |
Contents
Table of Contents | 10 |
Indicators of Health and Literacy Access to Improved Sanitation Nutrition HIV Global | 16 |
Structure of the Earth 54 Conflicts | 22 |
Surface of the Earth World Merchandise Trade Growth of World Trade Merchandise | 30 |
Weather Biomass Hydroelectric and Geothermal Power Wind and Solar Power | 38 |
Population Heritage Site SystemEndemism | 69 |
Physical and Political 126 South America Physical and Political | 80 |
Political Bolivia Brazil Paraguay Peru | 86 |
South Asia | 178 |
Japan | 184 |
AFRICA 234 Limits of the Oceans and Seas | 234 |
Northern Africa 240 Indian Ocean | 244 |
WestCentral Africa | 250 |
Islands of Africa Uranus Neptune | 258 |
APPENDIX | 262 |
Special Flags North Pole at 90 degrees north latitude is located | 270 |
Federal Lands | 92 |
Mexico and Central America 154 Greece and the Aegean | 114 |
Islands of the Antilles | 120 |
Physical and Political 210 Australia Physical and Political | 166 |
Southwest Asia | 172 |
World Temperature and Rainfall | 276 |
Glossary of Geographic Terms | 282 |
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