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Earth and Space Sciences · Glossary

What is World map?

Definition 6.11 Primary & Middle School Earth and Space Sciences · Chapter 6 — The Globe: Continents and Oceans

A world map is a map of the whole Earth drawn flat on a sheet of paper or on a screen, with all the continents and all the oceans in one picture.

A world map. The globe has been cut along a line through the middle of the Pacific Ocean and stretched flat: the Pacific appears twice, on the left and on the right edge. Antarctica, a round continent around the South Pole, is stretched into a long band along the bottom. Coastlines: Natural Earth (public domain).
A world map. The globe has been cut along a line through the middle of the Pacific Ocean and stretched flat: the Pacific appears twice, on the left and on the right edge. Antarctica, a round continent around the South Pole, is stretched into a long band along the bottom. Coastlines: Natural Earth (public domain).
The peel of an orange cannot lie flat without tearing.
The peel of an orange cannot lie flat without tearing.
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