Product Description

The only world atlas updated annually, guaranteeing that users will find the most current geographic information, Oxford's 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. Opening with world statistics and a colorful, instructive 48-page Introduction to World Geography--beautifully illustrated with tables and graphs--this acclaimed resource provides details on numerous topics of geographic significance, such as climate change, food and water supply, biodiversity, energy, global conflict, and landforms.

Providing the finest global coverage available, the is not only the best-selling volume of its size and price, but also the benchmark by which all other atlases are measured.

This milestone 20th edition includes:

A new six-page opening section on "The Future of The Oceans,"

A new spread on food production as part of the "Will the World Run Out of Food?" opening section

Seven new satellite images of London, Amsterdam, Riyadh, Cairo, Vancouver, Sydney, Panama Canal, and Rio de Janeiro

Six new world thematic maps on water scarcity, immigration, refugees, refugee remittances, direction of oil trade, and globalization

Country descriptions have been updated to reflect the latest developments around the world

Existing maps now depict dozens more manmade and natural features

New inset maps of Hainan province in China and the United Arab Emirates (colored for political boundaries) offer expanded coverage of these regions.

Adds Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta

Adds Eden Gardens and Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata

Adds new Expo Line to Culver City in Los Angeles

Adds high speed rail link between Brussels and Amsterdam

Adds new national park Calanques, near Marseilles

Adds high speed rail link between Karlsruhe and Offenburg in Germany

Adds new motorways in Ukraine and Russia

Shows principal national parks in Russia

Adds national parks in Spain eg Islas Atlnticas de Galicia

Adds inset map of Hainan

Names unclaimed territory between Egypt and Sudan

Adds new airport in Maldives

Adds Santa Maria volcano, in Guatemala

Shows major new railway under construction in Brazil, linking Anpolis and Imperatriz

Adds new Acropolis Museum and new tram line to Athens

Shows the residential Amsterdam neighborhood IJberg and the polder suburb