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Maps, Thematic

maps that show certain natural or social phenomena in relation to the basic topographic elements (the geography). There are agricultural, agroclimatic, bathymetric, botanical, climatic, demographic, economic geographic, forest, geobotanical, geochemical, geological, geomorphological, hy-drological, industrial, landscape, land use, paleogeographic, soil, synoptic, tectonic, topographic, and zoological thematic maps.

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Thematic Maps

References in periodicals archive

The book includes a timeline, glossary of useful terms, maps, thematic chapters, informational sidebars, and a list of resources for further information, including books, magazines, and websites.

An Illustrated Introduction to Ancient Egypt

Akerman, in subsequent chapters the authors treat maps of the whole world, regional and national maps, thematic maps that present particular sets of data in visual form, maps of imaginary places such as More's Utopia and Tolkien's Middle Earth, and the history of maps as items of consumption and collection.

Maps: Finding Our Place in the World

The articles typically include physical and political maps, thematic maps, fact boxes of key data, diagrams and charts, historical timelines, and photographs and other illustrations.

The World Book encyclopedia of people and places; 6v

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