Coastal landforms / compiled by Robert Dolan, University of Virginia, assisted by Kenton Bosserman and Wilson Felder, 1967.
Physical map representing the United States, featuring coastal landforms, as of 1967. Shows coastline configuration and composition, shoreline characteristics, political boundaries, topography, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, islands and bathymetry. Relief shown with shading. Includes a legen...
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United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey
1967
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Summary: | Physical map representing the United States, featuring coastal landforms, as of 1967. Shows coastline configuration and composition, shoreline characteristics, political boundaries, topography, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, islands and bathymetry. Relief shown with shading. Includes a legend, latitudinal and longitudinal lines, as well as a bar scale and scale statement. With six inset maps: 1. Sandy Hook to Cape Ann -- 2. Chesapeake Bay and vicinity -- 3. San Francisco Bay Area -- 4. Puget Sound and vicinity -- Principal islands of Hawaii -- Alaska. Presented with Albers Equal Area Projection. Colored lithograph. Map is 43 x 66 cm, on double sheet 49 x 71 cm. Appears in Special subject maps section, subsection Physical : Marine features. The national atlas of the United States of America, by the United States Geological Survey; published in Washington D. C., 1970. Bound in navy blue board, with title printed in silver on both front cover and spine. Accompanied by envelope with six overlay sheets, tucked between final page and back cover of volume. Collation: [i-vi], vii-xiii, [1], 2-417, A1, A2, B1, B2, C, D. Atlas contains 770 maps and 18 charts. Includes a dedication, foreward, list of contributors, introduction, table of contents and index to map subjects. Topic covered: physical geography, history, economics, culture, administrative boundaries and cartography. In addition, atlas also provides maps of the world, as related to the United States. Maps show political boundaries, cities, railways, roads, topography, bodies of water, glaciers, drainage, coastlines, islands, water depths and time zones. Topical maps feature other details, such as history, geology, climate, agriculture, population, racial demographics (including indigenous peoples), religion, language and transportation. Some maps use data visualization to further illustrate geographical information, with charts overlaid upon the landscape. "Adapted from "About The National Atlas of the United States of America," by the U.S. Geological ... |
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