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Various Kinds of World Maps

Political Maps :
They depict state and national boundaries and political subdivisions of various regions of the world. Besides focusing on state and national boundaries of geographical regions, they also show locations of major cities.

Physical Maps :
These maps depict different landforms - rivers, mountains, forested areas, and other physical features of a region. Places at different elevations are shown with different color gradients.

Economic Maps :
These thematic maps highlight different economic activities in a region. Such maps are referred for forecasting and planning development of a region's economy.

Climate Maps :
The climatic conditions of a territory are reflected in these maps. They are created after observing climatic pattern in a region. Climatic maps highlight individual climatic features and different climatic zones of the earth.

Thematic Maps :
These are specially designed maps focusing on social, cultural, and economic aspects of a city, state, and country.

Blank Maps :
These outline maps depict only the national and international boundaries of a region and contain no physical or political features. Blanks maps of cities, states, and countries are great learning tools for students and geographers.

World Map in Robinson Projection — Projection Maps

Projection Maps
Earth is spherical in shape while a map is flat. Hence, map projections are used to depict the surface of the earth on a flat surface. Mercator, Aitoff, Eckert V, Robinson and Miller projections are some of the most widely used projections.

Time Zone Map
Due to the rotation of Earth, time is not same at each part of the world, and hence, Time zones were created in order to standardize the time of day around the world.

Continents of the World

World Maps for Kids

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World Map in Various Languages

Mapa del mundo Language — Mapa del mundo

World Map in German Language — Weltkarte

World Map in
French Language — Carte du monde

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Last Updated on: June 19, 2017