National Geographic visual atlas of the world / National Geographic.

Relief shown by shading.

Key to atlas maps on lining papers.

Issued in slipcase.

Includes indexes.

The world: Satelite ; Physical ; Political ; Paleogeography ; Structure of the earth ; Earth's rocky exterior ; Landforms ; Land cover ; Oceans ; Fresh water ; Climate ; Climate change ; Weather ; Population ; Urbanization ; Languages ; Religions ; Food and agriculture ; Human influences ; Environmental stresses ; Wilderness ; Biodiversity ; Ecoregions ; Protected areas ; World heritage sites -- North America: Physical map ; Political map ; Continental thematic maps ; Canada ; Western United States ; Eastern United States ; Central America ; Greater Antilles and Bahamas ; Lesser Antilles ; Islands of the Antilles -- South America: Physical map ; Political map ; Continental thematic maps ; Northern South America ; Central Andes ; Brazil ; Southern South America -- Europe: Physical map ; Political map ; Continental thematic maps ; Northern Europe ; British Isles ; Iberian Peninsula ; The low countries ; France ; Germany ; Central Alps ; Italy ; Poland ; East Central Europe ; Western Balkan Peninsula ; Eastern Balkan Peninsula ; Greece ; Baltic States ; Eastern Europe ; Russia ; Europe's smallest countries -- Asia: Physical map ; Political map ; Continental thematic maps ; Asia Minor and Transcaucasia ; Eastern Mediterranean ; Arabian Peninsula ; Iraq and Kuwait ; Iran ; Afghanistan and Pakistan ; Central Asia ; India and South Asia ; China and Mongolia ; Eastern China ; Korean Peninsula ; Japan ; Indochina ; Southeast Asia -- Africa: Physical map ; Political map ; Continental thematic maps ; Northern Africa ; Nile Valley ; Western Africa ; West Central Africa ; Congo Basin ; Horn and Great Rift Valley ; Southern Africa ; Islands of Africa -- Australia and Oceania: Physical map ; Political map ; Continental thematic maps ; Australia and Papua New Guinea ; New Zealand ; Oceania ; Islands of the Pacific -- The poles: Arctic physical map ; Arctic political map ; Antarctica -- Oceans: Limits of the oceans and seas ; World ocean floor ; Atlantic Ocean floor ; Pacific Ocean floor ; Indian Ocean floor ; Arctic Ocean floor ; Ocean floor around Antarctica -- Space: Moon ; Mars ; Inner solar system ; Outer solar system ; Cosmic journeys ; Milky Way ; Universe -- Flags and facts -- Appendix: Abbreviations and conversions ; Foreign terms ; Geographic comparisons ; World time zones.