Geography: Types Of Maps

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Political Maps

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These are maps in an atlas (or on a world map orglobe) that show different political regions and their borders in differentcolours.

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Flow Maps

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These show the movement of things liketraffic, trade and people (migration). Usually different sized lines are usedto show amount or volume.

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Physical Maps

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These maps show thephysical landforms of a region, including patterns of mountain ranges, riversand other physical features. Variations of colour and shading are used to showheight.

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Choropleth Maps

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Theuse dark and light shades of the same colour to show a pattern. The darkershades show ‘the most’ and the lighter shades show ‘the least’.

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Tourist Maps

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Tourist maps These maps show settlements, tourist attractions, roaddistances, street names and often accommodation and service stations.

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Mud Maps

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These are rough mapsoften drawn quickly to explain how to find a particular feature. They are oftensketched on a piece of paper and do not show correct scale.

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Satellite Images

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These are not strictly maps, but they serve the samepurpose. False colours are used to highlight particular features on the imagesrelated to the Earth from satellites.

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Synoptic Charts

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Showthe movement of weather systems. They show patterns of temperature, rainfalland wind. They are also used to predict rainfall and temperature for the nearfuture.