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World atlas
256 pages :

color illustrations, color maps.
Relief shown by shading and spot heights. Depths shown by gradient tints."Fully revised and updated for the 11th edition"--Back cover.Contents: The world today: Flags of the world -- The political world -- The physical world -- Standard time zones -- Geology and structure -- World climate -- Ocean currents -- Life zones -- Population -- Languages -- Religion -- The global economy -- The global internet -- The world's regions: North & Central America -- South America -- Africa -- Europe -- North & West Asia -- South & East Asia -- Australasia & Oceania -- Index-gazetteer.
Summary: Discover the world with this atlas, which includes maps, flags, and country profiles in a handy, compact package. This is a new edition that includes updated maps and statistics, as well as short profiles of each of the world's 196 nations.