Ultimate Atlas of the World

CONTENTS Planet Earth The Earth in Space Land and Sea The Changing Earth Shaping the Land Weather and Climate Plants and Animals Population How People Live Rich and Poor Nations The Environment World Facts and Figures Countries of the World EUROPE INTRODUCTION Scandinavia and the far north The Low Countries The British Isles France Germany and the Alps Iberian peninsula Italy and Malta Central Europe and the Baltic The Balkans THE AMERICAS INTRODUCTION Canada and Greenland United States of America Mexico and Central America The Caribbean Northern Andean countries Brazil and the northeast Argentina and its neighbours ASIA INTRODUCTION Russia and its neighbours Southwest Asia Southern Asia Eastern Asia Japan Southeast Asia AFRICA INTRODUCTION North Africa West Africa Central, Eastern and Southern Africa OCEANIA INTRODUCTION Australia New Zealand and the Pacific Islands Pacific Ocean Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean Arctic Ocean Antarctica Glossary Index of Place Names General Index Acknowledgements