The Columbia Gazetteer of the World

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Saul Cohen Klappentext With over 170!000 entries! the Columbia Gazetteer of the World is an authoritative A to Z encyclopedia of geographical places and features. Whether you're looking for the ten highest mountain peaks in North America! the major commercial crops in Brazil's economy! all the rivers in Southeast Asia! the former name of the city of Yangon! or the natural resources available in Sub-Saharan Africa! the Gazeteer is the one-stop resource for all your information needs.First published in 1998! the Gazetteer now features new entries and extensive revisions to reflect recent administrative divisions in countries around the world. It also contains new maps! population figures! and an expanded glossary of geographical and geological terms. With its long history of accuracy and authority! there is no other encyclopedia like Gazeteer.The Columbia Gazetteer covers: " The political world-countries! provinces! regions! states! counties! capitals! cities! towns! villages! and neighborhoods." The physical world-continents! oceans! seas! lakes! lagoons! rivers! bays! inlets! channels! and streams! along with islands! archipelagos! peninsulas! atolls! mountains! mountain ranges! canyons! deserts! valleys! and volcanoes." And special places-national parks and monuments! historic and archaeological sites! harbors! ports! airports! nuclear plants! canals! and destinations of interest. Zusammenfassung Includes over 170!000 entries of geographical places and features. This encyclopedia contains maps! population figures! and a glossary of geographical and geological terms.

Autorentext
Edited by Saul Cohen

Klappentext
With over 170,000 entries, the Columbia Gazetteer of the World is an authoritative A to Z encyclopedia of geographical places and features. Whether you're looking for the ten highest mountain peaks in North America, the major commercial crops in Brazil's economy, all the rivers in Southeast Asia, the former name of the city of Yangon, or the natural resources available in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Gazeteer is the one-stop resource for all your information needs.First published in 1998, the Gazetteer now features new entries and extensive revisions to reflect recent administrative divisions in countries around the world. It also contains new maps, population figures, and an expanded glossary of geographical and geological terms. With its long history of accuracy and authority, there is no other encyclopedia like Gazeteer.The Columbia Gazetteer covers: " The political world-countries, provinces, regions, states, counties, capitals, cities, towns, villages, and neighborhoods." The physical world-continents, oceans, seas, lakes, lagoons, rivers, bays, inlets, channels, and streams, along with islands, archipelagos, peninsulas, atolls, mountains, mountain ranges, canyons, deserts, valleys, and volcanoes." And special places-national parks and monuments, historic and archaeological sites, harbors, ports, airports, nuclear plants, canals, and destinations of interest.

Zusammenfassung
Includes over 170,000 entries of geographical places and features. This encyclopedia contains maps, population figures, and a glossary of geographical and geological terms.

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