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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 patterns in a region over time. Climatic maps highlight individual climatic features and different climatic zones of the Earth.

Latitude Longitude Maps
Latitude and Longitude play a pivotal role in accurately locating a country's position and are imaginary horizontal and vertical lines. Latitude run parallel to the Equator while Longitudes display the position of a place with respect to the Prime Meridian.

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
The Earth is spherical in shape, while a map is flat. Hence, map projections are used to depict the surface of a sphere onto a flat surface. Mercator, Aitoff, Eckert V, Robinson, and Miller projections are some commonly used projections.

Time Zone Map
Due to the rotation of Earth, the time of day is not same at each location in the world. Thus Time Zones were created in order to standardize the time of day around the world.

World Map with Flags
A country's ideals, culture and its faith is manifested in the form of Flags. Flags are emblematic of the pride and unity of its people. Different colors and symbols on the flags are significant since they represent the history and diversity of the country.

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: August 18th, 2017