Illustrated Atlas of the Himalaya – David Zurick [EN]
The Himalaya are world-renowned for their exquisite mountain scenery, ancient traditions, and diverse ethnic groups that tenaciously inhabit this harsh yet sublime landscape. Home to the world’s highest peaks, including Mount Everest, and some of its deepest gorges, the region is a trove of biological and cultural diversity. Providing a panoramic overview of contemporary land and life in the Earth’s highest mountains, the Illustrated Atlas of the Himalaya is the first full-color, comprehensive atlas of the geography, economics, politics, and culture of this spectacular area. Drawing from the authors’ twenty-five years of scholarship and field experience in the region, the volume contains a stunning and unique collection of maps utilizing state-of-the-art cartography, exquisite photography, and engagingly-written text to give accurate coverage of the Himalaya. The volume covers the entire 2,700-kilometer length of the mountain range, from the Indus Valley in northern Pakistan and India, across Nepal and Bhutan, to the hidden realms of northeast India. The Illustrated Atlas of the Himalaya not only offers detailed explanations of geological formations, climate, vegetation, and natural resources but also explores the human dimension of the region’s culture and economy. The authors devote special attention to discovery and travel, including exploration, mountaineering, and trekking. Packed with over 300 easy-to-read, custom designed full color maps and photographs and detailed text and map indexes, the Illustrated Atlas of the Himalaya is a superb collector’s volume and an essential reference to this vast and complex mountain region
An overview of the geography, economics, politics and culture of the region, the Illustrated Atlas of the Himalaya by David Zurick and Julsun Pacheco, is a full-colour, comprehensive atlas of contemporary land and life in the Earth’s highest mountain range. The volume contains a unique collection of informative maps based on state-of-the-art cartography, which the authors have generously allowed Digital Himalaya to host online. We are very grateful to the authors for deciding to distribute a number of these maps for free public download and use. Zurick and Pacheco only request that when they are used, the source be properly credited as the Illustrated Atlas of the Himalaya.
David Zurick. Illustrated Atlas of the Himalaya. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 2006
The maps included in the Atlas explained as follow:
| Illustrated Atlas of the Himalaya: Maps | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1-referencelegend | Refence Legend | 45kb |
| 2-referencegrid2 | Reference Grid | 115kb |
| 3-himaldistrict | Districts of the Himalayas | 229kb |
| 4-newregionalicimod0 | New Regional ICIMOD | 479kb |
| 4A-earth | Earth | 6 MB |
| 5-abcCOLOR | Overview Colour | 918kb |
| 6-a1x-new | Western Himalayas | 315kb |
| 7-b1new328 | Nepal | 266kb |
| 8-c1-new | Eastern Himalayas | 291kb |
| 9-kathmanduvalleynew | Kathmandu Valley | 270kb |
| 9A-kathmandu1 | Kathmandu Roads | 762kb |
| 10-srinagar2 | Srinagar City | 86kb |
| 11-kashmir3 | Kashmir Valley | 221kb |
| 12-pokharavalley | Pokhara Valley | 184kb |
| 13-pokharacity | Pokhara Town | 115kb |
| 14-paro2 | Paro Valley | 61kb |
| 15-thimphu | Thimphu Valley | 57kb |
| 16-bumthang | Bumthang | 74kb |
| 17-gangtok | Gangtok | 66kb |
| 18-shimlacity | Shimla Town | 61kb |
| 19-dehradun | Dehra Dun Town | 57kb |
| 20-biratnagar | Biratnagar Town | 139kb |
| 21-nepalganj | Nepalganj | 102kb |
| 22-nepal_inset | Nepal | 45kb |
| 23-geochronology | Continental drift | 442kb |
| 23A-perspective | Perspective from space | 8 MB |
| 24-himalayanasa | Himalaya NASA | 807kb |
| 24A-zanskarladakh2 | Zanskar Range | 135kb |
| 25-everprofile | Everest Profile | 70kb |
| 26-convergence | Convergence | 299kb |
| 27-generalizedgeology | Generalized Geology | 426kb |
| 28-geolkashmirvalley | Geology of the Kashmir Valley | 156kb |
| 29-kumaun | Kumaun | 270kb |
| 30-nepalgeolx | Nepal Geology | 102kb |
| 31-geobhutan | Geology of Bhutan | 168kb |
| 32-meantemp | Mean Temperature | 98kb |
| 33-hkhclimate | HKH Climate | 143kb |
| 34-ladakhwinter | Ladakh Winter Precipitation | 143kb |
| 35-ladakhMONSOON | Ladakh Monsoon Precipitation | 147kb |
| 36-WINTERprecipwest1 | Western Himalayan Winter Precipitation | 119kb |
| 37-MONSOONprecipwest | Western Himalayan Monsoon Precipitation | 119kb |
| 38-nepaltemp | Temperature | 823kb |
| 39-nepalhumidity | Humidity | 66kb |
| 40-summermonsoon | Summer Monsoon | 37kb |
| 41-monsooncirculation | Monsoon Circulation | 86kb |
| 42-meanannualrainfall | Mean Annual Rainfall | 82kb |
| 43-NEPALMANN | Nepal annual precipitation | 147kb |
| 44-PMEXT | Nepal extreme precipitation | 147kb |
| 45-PMMON | Nepal monsoon precipitation | 156kb |
| 46-annualprecip | Annual Precipitation | 487kb |
| 47-BHUTANPRECIP | Bhutan Precipitation | 57kb |
| 48-probabilistic2 | Probability of Seismic Hazard | 197kb |
| 49-nepalseismicrisk | Seismic Risk | 373kb |
| 50-geolscanepicenter | Earthquake Epicenters | 741kb |
| 51-earthquakerupture | Earthquake Rupture | 270kb |
| 52-pokhazard | Subsidence hazard | 147kb |
| 52A-SOILerosivity | Soil Erosivity | 119kb |
| 53-culturalregion | Cultural Regions | 70kb |
| 54-traderoute_color | Trade Route | 233kb |
| 54B-liquifaction | Liquifaction | 2.3 MB |
| 55-popdens_color | Population Density | 365kb |
| 56-popchg_color | Population Change | 205kb |
| 57-nepalethnicgroups | Ethnic Groups | 332kb |
| 57A-ethnicgroup | Ethnic Groups 2 | 2 MB |
| 58-nepallinguistic | Linguistic Map | 295kb |
| 59-nepalhindu3 | Hindu Population | 651kb |
| 60-nepalmuslim2 | Muslim Population | 680kb |
| 61-nepalbuddhist2 | Buddhist Population | 623kb |
| 62-tribalpop | Tribal Population | 225kb |
| 63-urbanpop | Urban Population | 225kb |
| 64-town_india | Number of Towns | 147kb |
| 65-northeasttown | Northeast Towns | 49kb |
| 66-roads_color | Roads | 119kb |
| 67-nepal_road | Roads in Nepal | 115kb |
| 68-nepalairport1 | Airports | 197kb |
| 69-bhutantelephone | Bhutan Telephone | 37kb |
| 70-perlandlessfarmhousehold | Farm Households | 254kb |
| 71-bhutaneducfacility | Bhutan Education Facilities | 135kb |
| 71A-literacyrate | Literacy Rate | 123kb |
| 72-accesspotablewater | Water Access | 627kb |
| 73-waterqualitykv | Water Quality | 168kb |
| 74-bhutanhealthfacilities | Bhutan Health Facilities | 98kb |
| 75-landscape_color | Landscape | 127kb |
| 76-elevationzone | Elevation | 156kb |
| 77-hkh_LANDUSe | Land Use | 164kb |
| 78-hkh_soilfinal | Soil | 217kb |
| 79-hkh_cropsys | Crop System | 123kb |
| 80-popfarm_color | Farming Population | 197kb |
| 81-farmchgcolor | Farming Changes | 188kb |
| 82-cultivatedarea | Cultivated Areas | 631kb |
| 83-percentirrigatedarea | Irrigated Areas | 623kb |
| 84-percentslope | Slope Percentage | 635kb |
| 85-useofchemfert | Use of Fertiliser | 655kb |
| 86-grassland | Grassland | 573kb |
| 87-forestcov_col | Forests | 82kb |
| 88-percapitaforestarea | Forest Area Per Capita | 365kb |
| 89-forestchange_terai | Forest Change | 541kb |
| 90-popforest_col | Forest Population | 188kb |
| 91-forestchgcolor | Forest Change | 184kb |
| 92-bhutanfw | Bhutan fuelwood deficits | 57kb |
| 93-NEP_MINERALDEPOSIT | Mineral Deposit | 250kb |
| 94-BHU_MINERALDEPOSIT | Mineral Deposit 2 | 111kb |
| 95-rivers_col | Rivers | 78kb |
| 96-river_inset | Rivers Inset | 164kb |
| 97-kosi_river | Kosi River | 106kb |
| 98-nepdam | Dams | 172kb |
| 99-nepal_glacier_2f | Glaciers | 934kb |
| 99A-nepalhydropower | Hydro Power | 213kb |
| 100-bhutanglaciers | Bhutan Glaciers | 750kb |
| 101-chitwan-rhinohabitat | Rhino Habitat | 217kb |
| 102-chitwanpopdensity | Chitwan Population Density | 49kb |
| 103-parks_col | Parks | 123kb |
| 104-PROTECT | Parks and Reserves | 221kb |
| 105-bhutanprotectedareas | Bhutan Protection Areas | 102kb |
| 106-terai_arc | Protected Areas | 70kb |
| 107-hinduplaces | Hindu Places | 164kb |
| 108-chardham | Chardham | 221kb |
| 109-muktinath | Muktinath | 168kb |
| 110-explorationchinese | Chinese Exploration | 172kb |
| 111-explorationEuropeans | European Exploration | 233kb |
| 112-ROUTEEASTCENTRAL | East Central Route | 287kb |
| 113-EXPLROUTEWESTHIMAL | West Himalayan Route | 229kb |
| 114-nativeindiantibet | Indians in Tibet | 180kb |
| 115-newjohnclaude | Bhutan | 160kb |
| 116-asia-early-explorer | Asia Early Exploration | 213kb |
| 117-srtm-nangaparbat | Nangaparbat | 193kb |
| 118-k2strmbase2 | K2 Base | 156kb |
| 119-srtm-mteverest1 | Mt Everest | 135kb |
| 120-srtm-chooyu2 | Chooyu 2 | 98kb |
| 121-srtm-MAKALU | Makalu | 90kb |
| 122-explo-anapor-treknasa | Annapurna Trek / NASA Exploration | 250kb |
| 123-mteverest-trek2 | Mt Everest Trek 2 | 160kb |
| 124-TREKKINGlocator | Trekking Locator | 238kb |
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