Editing World map (section)

==Thematic maps==
{{Further|Thematic map}}
A [[thematic map]] shows geographical information about one or a few focused subjects. These maps "can portray physical, social, political, cultural, economic, sociological, agricultural, or any other aspects of a city, state, region, nation, or continent".<ref>[http://www.lib.washington.edu/maps/MapResources/thematic2.html Thematic Maps] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120907213951/http://www.lib.washington.edu/maps/MapResources/thematic2.html |date=7 September 2012 }} Map Collection & Cartographic Information Services Unit. University Library, University of Washington. Accessed 27 December 2009.</ref>
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Image:Köppen-vereinfacht.svg|[[Template:Clickable world map|Clickable world map]]<br>(with climate classification)
Image:World Map (political).svg|A simple political map of the world
File:Physical World Map.svg|A simple physical map of the world
Image:World map.png|[[Topographical]] map of the world
File:GNI per capita growth 2024 World.svg|[[List of countries by GNI per capita growth|Countries by GNI per capita growth]]
File:2016 UN Human Development Report.svg|United Nations [[Human Development Index]] by country as of 2016
File:Life Expectancy 2008 Estimates CIA World Factbook.png|World map showing [[life expectancy]]
File:Population density map of the world.svg|Population density<br>(people per km<sup>2</sup>) by country
Image:Volcano Map.png|Volcano map
File:Laurasia-Gondwana.svg|World map showing the continents circa 200 million years ago ([[Triassic period]])
File:BlackMarble20161km.jpg|[[Satellite imagery|Satellite image]] of Earth at night
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