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2 london new york melbourne munich and delhi for the fourth edition cartographic manager david roberts senior cartographic editor simon mumford cartographers paul eames encompass graphics limited designers nimbus design editors ben hoare margaret parrish cambridge international reference on current affairs circa 3d globes planetary visions ltd london systems co-ordinator philip rowles production imogen boase art director bryn walls publisher jonathan metcalf associate publisher liz wheeler for previous editions cartographic director andrew heritage cartography roger bullen rob stokes iorwerth watkins project editor sam atkinson art editor karen gregory first published in great britain in 2001 by dorling kindersley limited 80 strand london wc2r 0rl a penguin company fourth edition 2010 previously published as the ultimate pocket book of the world atlas factfile copyright © 1996 1998 2001 2003 2004 2005 2007 2010 dorling kindersley limited all rights reserved no part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any other means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the written permission of the copyright owner a cip catalogue record for this book is available from the british library isbn 978-1-4053-5039-6 printed and bound in singapore by star standard discover more at www.dk.com[close]
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key to map symbols elevation 6000m 19,686ft 4000m 13,124ft 2000m 6562ft 1000m 3281ft 500m 1640ft 250m 820ft 100m 328ft 0 below sea level 3 drainage features river seasonal river canal lake seasonal lake settlements capital city major town minor town major port mountain depression borders full international disputed de facto territorial claim cease-fire line undefined state/province communications major road rail international airport insight facts figures and amazing information from around the world[close]
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4 atlas contents the atlantic ocean 48-49 the political world 8-9 the physical world 10-11 time zones 12-13 atlas opener 14-15 africa 5051 northwest africa 52-53 northeast africa 54-55 west africa 56-57 central africa 58-59 southern africa 60-61 north central america 1617 western canada alaska 18-19 eastern canada 20-21 usa the northeast 22-23 usa central states 24-25 usa the west 26-27 usa the southwest 28-29 usa the southeast 30-31 mexico 32-33 central america 34-35 the caribbean 36-37 europe 6263 the north atlantic 64-65 scandinavia finland 66-67 the low countries 68-69 the british isles 70-71 france andorra monaco 72-73 spain portugal 74-75 germany the alpine states 76-77 italy 78-79 central europe 80-81 southeast europe 82-83 the mediterranean 84-85 south america 3839 northern south america 40-41 peru bolivia north brazil 42-43 paraguay uruguay south brazil 44-45 southern south america 46-47[close]
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atlas contents bulgaria greece 86-87 the baltic states belarus 88-89 ukraine moldova romania 90-91 european russia 92-93 5 mainland southeast asia 118-119 maritime southeast asia 120-121 the indian ocean 122-123 australasia oceania 124125 north west asia 9495 russia kazakhstan 96-97 turkey the caucasus 98-99 the near east west bank 100-101 the middle east 102-103 central asia 104-105 the southwest pacific 126-127 western australia 128-129 eastern australia 130-131 new zealand 132-133 the pacific ocean 134-135 antarctica 136 arctic 137 south east asia 106107 western china mongolia 108-109 eastern china korea 110-111 japan 112-113 south india sri lanka 114-115 north india pakistan 116-117 country factfiles 138359 see overleaf for contents overseas territories 360-365 international organizations 366 abbreviations 367 index 368-432[close]
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6 factfile contents a chad 190 chile 191 china 192-193 colombia 194 comoros 195 congo 196 congo dem rep 197 costa rica 198 côte d ivoire 199 croatia 200 cuba 201 cyprus 202 czech republic 203 guatemala guinea guineabissau guyana 226 227 228 229 afghanistan 153 albania 154 algeria 155 andorra 156 angola 157 antarctica 158 antigua barbuda 159 argentina 160 armenia 161 australia 162163 austria 164 azerbaijan 165 h haiti 230 honduras 231 hungary 232 i iceland 233 india 234-235 indonesia 236-237 iran 238 iraq 239 ireland 240 israel 241 italy 242 b bahamas 166 bahrain 167 bangladesh 168 barbados 169 belarus 170 belgium 171 belize 172 benin 173 bhutan 174 bolivia 175 bosnia herzegovina 176 botswana 177 brazil 178-179 brunei 180 bulgaria 181 burkina 182 burma see myanmar burundi 183 d denmark djibouti dominica dominican republic 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 e east timor ecuador egypt el salvador equatorial guinea eritrea estonia ethiopia j jamaica 243 japan 244-245 jordan 246 k kazakhstan kenya kiribati korea north korea south kosovo kuwait kyrgyzstan 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 f fiji 216 finland 217 france 218 c cambodia 184 cameroon 185 canada 186-187 cape verde 188 central african republic 189 g gabon gambia georgia germany ghana greece grenada 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 l laos latvia lebanon lesotho liberia .[close]
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factfile contents libya liechtenstein lithuania luxembourg 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 7 m macedonia madagascar malawi malaysia maldives mali malta marshall islands mauritania mauritius mexico micronesia moldova monaco mongolia montenegro morocco mozambique myanmar burma panama papua new guinea paraguay peru philippines poland portugal 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 sweden 329 switzerland 330 syria 331 t taiwan tajikistan tanzania thailand togo tonga trinidad tobago tunisia turkey turkmenistan tuvalu 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 q qatar 302 r romania 303 russian federation 304-305 rwanda 306 s st kitts nevis st lucia st vincent the grenadines samoa san marino são tomé príncipe saudi arabia senegal serbia seychelles sierra leone singapore slovakia slovenia solomon islands somalia south africa spain sri lanka sudan suriname swaziland 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 u uganda 343 ukraine 344 united arab emirates 345 united kingdom 346-347 united states 348-350 uruguay 351 uzbekistan 352 n namibia nauru nepal netherlands new zealand nicaragua niger nigeria norway v vanuatu vatican city venezuela vietnam 353 354 355 356 o oman 292 y yemen 357 p pakistan 293 palau 294 z zambia 358 zimbabwe 359[close]
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8 the political world a b c severnaya zemlya franz josef land new siberian islands novaya zemlya jan mayen d svalbard norway 1 iceland norway ay d finlan rw o denmark ireland belgium luxembourg switzerland united kingdom neth s we denmark faeroe islands de nrussianfederationn 2 m ali 3 o az s korea japan syria china afghanistan lebanon bhutan iraq iran nepal myanmar kuwait i algeria libya jordan burma qatar pak western egypt bahrain india sahara taiwan laos u.a.e disputed saudi arabia northern mariana cape mauritania oman bangladesh eritrea islands us mali niger verde yemen senegal chad djibouti thailand burkina gambia sudan philippines guam us nigeria guineacambodia guinea benin bissau ethiopia micronesia c.a.r brunei sri cameroon sierra leone ukraine 3 5 moldova ka z a kh s ta n 4 6 mon g olia romania 7 8 georgia france uzbekistan 13 119 10 12 bulgaria andorra 14 alb kyrgzstan armenia azerbaijan spain portugal monaco italy mac turkey turkmen tajikistan 1 2 poland estonia latvia lithuania belarus n korea st an greece tunisia malta cyprus morocco israel vi et n am a co togo liberia ghana cÔte d ivoire sao tome principe equatorial guinea gabon cabinda angola ng uganda dem rep congo s maldives kenya rwanda burundi seychelles tanzania o lanka malaysia palau singapore indonesia east timor papua new guinea at lantic ocean tropic of capricorn angola zambia malawi comoros zimbabwe namibia bots madagascar mauritius 4 mozambique indianoceanaustralia key to numbers 1 germany 2 liechtenstein 3 czech republic 4 austria 5 slovakia 6 hungary 7 slovenia 8 croatia 9 bosnia herzegovina 10 serbia 11 montenegro 12 kosovo disputed 13 san marino 14 vatican city south africa swaziland lesotho french southern antarctic territories france 5 southernocean antarct ica abcd[close]
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9 efgharcticocean greenland denmark 1 arctic circle alaska us c aleutian islands anada u s at lan t ic oce an 2 pacificocean midway islands us uniteds tat e s of america bermuda uk dom rep puerto rico us bahamas st kitts nevis antigua barbuda m ex hawaii us marshall wallis futuna france islands palmyra atoll us belize cuba o nauru tuvalu solomon islands vanuatu kiribati tokelau nz cook islands nz niue nz american samoa us samoa haiti guatemala jamaica el salvador costa rica honduras nicaragua venezuela panama galapagos islands colombia ecuador guyana tropic of cancer dominica st lucia barbados st vincent the grenadines grenada trinidad tobago french guiana france suriname equator ic 3 ecuador brazil bolivia pe ru fiji new caledonia france tonga french polynesia france pitcairn islands uk chile na paraguay tropic of capricorn pacificocean 4 uruguay new zealand continental key north central america south america africa europe nw/se asia australasia oceania arg falkland islands uk chile south georgia south sandwich islands uk en ti 5 antarctic circle efgh[close]
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10 the physical world a b franz josef land novaya zemlya c d spitsbergen severnaya zemlya arctic new siberian islands 1 st rai g reenl an d sea t arctic circle m k ar sc iceland british isles ltic se a north sea ba 2 azores madeira canary islands tropic of cancer bay of biscay europea lps da n ube w iberian peninsula black sea cau ca sus aral sea anatolia sea mediterr iranian an ag plateau ean sea mts ro las sm syrian at ts desert sahara indu s ush plateauofyello uk nd h tibet i ri caspian hi mo lt un ai tai ns en shan ti g o b ver i sakhalin manchurian hokkaido plain sea of japan east sea ma africa 3 cape verde islands n il arabian peninsula n ge mount everest s 29,035ft 8850m deccan kon me ga layas yan gtzee east kyushu china sea taiwan sahe arabian ethiopian sea highlands horn of africa l bay of bengal south china sea am no r th eu ro a pe np la ural mountains en d an in n orw eg i an sea di v na y s io b beri lake baikal lena ia bare nt s se a k ar a se a laptev sea e yenis kh re b et c her sko go a volg a a sa i a sea of okhotsk ur honshu z red philippine sea sea ine lipp phi lands is equator ridge atlantic angola basin on gulf of guinea congo basin great rift valle y mo zam biq ue c han ne mada gasc l ar go ninetyeast ge ni g m c lake victoria basin kilimanjaro seychelles 19,340ft 5895m somali malay peninsula sri lanka borneo celebes sumatra el areast java java sea indies new g guinea ocean dge tropic of capricorn mbezi za indian mauritius réunion timor sea great sandy desert ain rbor pl at re cri 4 nti tla cape of good hope d-a mi so ut h s we ti nd ia n ri so kerguelen austra ut he tasmania as t i nd ian r idge south indian basin 5 antarctic circle southernocean antarctica abcd da r cape basin nami bd ing range vid di kalahari desert ocean dg e t eser la nul g lin[close]
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11 efghocean east siberian sea chukchi sea it ra st ellesmere island queen elizabeth islands greenland baff in bea uf o rt sea brooks range m ac k zie en 1 is la baffin bay nd arctic circle ka mc ha rin be tka g c mount mckinley oas denali 20,322ft 6194m great bear lake great slave lake bering sea aleutian isla hudson bay s nd labrador sea t s m r tm o ck in s nta ou gulf of alaska g p s at ainnt re s ou ge north great lakes y miss issi pp i no rth we stpac if i c basin p mi d-p aci fic ha w isl aiia an n ds america ap pa n ia ch la grand banks of newfoundland north american gulf of mexico m id basin we stindies caribbean sea -a tl an ti c ri dg e 2 m coas ns lai atrn tropic of cancer o l m ou nt ain s atlantic ocean 3 equator ne east pacific rise g c h ra ac n o n basin pa t a g south island new zealand oni a tasman north sea island lasia southwest pacific cerro aconcagua 22,831ft 6959m á pa mp as pa ra m y solomon islands coral sea ic si ro a n ne pacificie galapagos islands new caledonia si saocean peru basin easter island nama zo amazon basin a a n fiji s south america brazil basin tropic of capricorn tierra del fuego cape horn s sa drak e pa d antarctic peninsula e 4 argentine basin south georgia falkland islands ge south sandwich islands antarctic circle 5 efgh[close]
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12 time zones abcd 2 1 1 0 +1 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +7 +8 +9 +10 0 3 1 0 0 arcticocean +10 +11 +3 +1 +2 +3 +4 +2 +1 +5 +2 +2 +8 +31/2 +41/2 +53/4 +6 +5 +3 +6 +61/2 +4 +51/2 +7 +6 +2 +3 +4 +3 +1 +2 +8 +7 +61/2 greenwich meridian +5 +6 +7 +8 +9 +10 2 +10 +9 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 +1 +3 +8 +9 +8 +10 +11 atlantic ocean 4 0 indianocean +5 +5 +5 +8 +91/2 +10 5 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 abcd[close]
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13 efgh +11 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 na l natio inter line date 4 3 9 1 0 +12 10 8 7 6 5 4 31/2 2 pacificocean 11 10 +12 10 +13 +11 +111/2 +101/2 +12 +123/4 10 +14 91/2 +13 10 8 6 4 3 5 atlantic ocean 4 3 41/2 equator 5 4 3 4 pacificocean 3 4 2 5 23:00 24:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00 09:00 10:00 3 efgh[close]
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