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Oceans, Continents, and Maps

Oceans, Continents, and Maps. October 31, 2013 By: Kiara Mohamed. Map Types. Political Map - state and national boundaries; also includes the locations of cities. Physical Map – shows mountains, rivers, and lakes ; also shows different colors to show elevation.

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Oceans, Continents, and Maps

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  1. Oceans, Continents, and Maps October 31, 2013 By: Kiara Mohamed

  2. Map Types • Political Map - state and national boundaries; also includes the locations of cities. • Physical Map – shows mountains, rivers, and lakes ; also shows different colors to show elevation. • Topographic Map – has contour lines instead of colors to show landscape.

  3. Map Types • Climate Map – shows weather of an area and climate zones • Economic or Resource-specific type of natural resources in an area • Road Map- shows major and miner highways and roads • Thematic Map- focuses on a special topic or special theme

  4. Latitude and longitude • Latitude – lines that run East to West • Longitude – lines that run North to South

  5. scale • SCALE - The distance from one point to another point

  6. Oceans and continents • * The Pacific Ocean - North America • *The Atlantic Ocean - South America • *The Indian Ocean - Antarctica • *The Arctic Ocean - Europe • - Africa • - Asia • - Australia

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