Geological maps

show the political division of the world, countries and administrative- territorial units at different levels.

divided into geographical, demographic, ethnographic and socio-economic.

show the conditions of formation and location of important mineral deposits.

necessary to graphically depict the distribution of geographical zones and natural zones on the earth's surface.

used to assess the water resources of the territory,

show the zonal arrangement of soil types in plains and mountainous areas.

depict the direction of vehicles and the location of socially important objects.

are necessary to describe industry and its individual branches, to show the development of transport and the connections of a specific area.

compiled to study the World Ocean and its individual parts: seas, bays and straits.

It is divided into stratigraphic, tectonic, hydrogeological, metallogenic, engineering-geological and others.

divided into hypsometric, geomorphological, and paleogeomorphological.

are used to show historical phenomena, events and their interrelationship with geographical factors.

To describe the climate of the world, only: radiation balance, annual evaporation, seasonal rainfall, maps of climate zones are compiled.