Product DescriptionThe only world atlas updated annually?? guaranteeing that users will find the most current geographic information?? Oxford's Atlas of the World is the most authoritative atlas on the market. Full of crisp?? clear cartography of urban areas and virtually uninhabited landscapes around the globe?? the Atlas is filled with maps of cities and regions at carefully selected scales that give a striking view of the Earth's surface. It opens with a fascinating look at world statistics and 18 pages of stunning satellite images?? all sourced from NASA's latest Earth Observation Satellite?? Landsat 8. The extraordinarily extensive front matter continues with a "eer of Nations" that has been comprehensively checked and updated to include recent economic and political changes?? and a 48-page "ntroduction to World Geography??"beautifully illustrated with tables and graphs on numerous topics of geographic significance?? such as the geology and atmosphere of Earth?? food and water supply?? biodiversity?? energy?? global conflict?? human health?? and standards of living. The hundreds of city and world ma"form the body of the Atlas have been thoroughly updated for this 23rd edition.
Providing the finest global coverage available?? the Atlas of the World is not only the best-selling volume of its size and price?? but also the benchmark by which all other atlases are measured.
Amazon.com ReviewThe sixteenth edition of the Oxford Atlas of the World is chock-full of page-turning information?? including new census data?? dozens of city maps?? updated country profiles?? the latest statistics on climate change?? gorgeous satellite images of Earth?? and an instructive 48-page Introduction to World Geography--beautifully illustrated with tables and graphs. Providing the finest global coverage available?? the Oxford Atlas of the World is not only the best-selling volume of its size and price?? but also the benchmark by which all other atlases are measured.
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The Solar System was formed about 5 billion years ago?? when a spinning cloud of gas?? mostly hydrogen but seeded with other heavier elements?? condensed enough to ignite a nuclear reaction and create a star. | 
Sometimes called ??The Crescent City???? New Orleans is situated between the south bank of Lake Ponchartrain (the largest in this view) and the Mississippi River. | |