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    <title>National Geographic almanac of geography</title>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Downs, Roger M.</namePart>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Day, Frederick Albert.</namePart>
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    <publisher>National Geographic</publisher>
    <dateIssued>c2005</dateIssued>
    <dateIssued encoding="marc">2005</dateIssued>
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    <extent>512 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 25 cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>I: Geography past and present -- What is geography? -- History of geography -- Geography today -- Maps and globes -- II: Physical geography -- Planet earth -- Weather -- Climate -- Earth materials and tectonic processes -- Landforms and landscapes -- Soils and bioregions -- Sources of further information -- III: Human geography -- Population -- Migration -- Cultural geography -- Economic geography -- Urban geography -- Political geography -- Environment and society -- IV: Places -- Country by country -- World maps.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">contributing geographers, chief consultant, Roger M. Downs ; Frederick A. Day ... [et al.].</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index.</note>
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