GENERAL GEOGRAPHIC ATLAS OF UKRAINE
State Scientific and Production Enterprise
General Geographic Atlas of Ukraine, edited in 2004, became the first
edition of the new stage in mapping of Ukraine.
consists of 112 pages. It includes four chapters:
Geopolitical position of Ukraine. Ethnic and ethnographic
lands (11 p.).
Maps of administrative units of
Ukraine (29 p.).
Regions of Ukraine. National nature parks (33
Towns and cities (11 p.).
represents settlements, communications, hydrography,
relief, and vegetation in detail.
General geographic maps of Ukraine administrative units are
charted in the scale of 1:750 000 and 1:1 000 000. General geographic maps of
regions are in the scale of 1:500 000 ( Ukrainian Carpathians, the Crimean Mountains,
Donbas) and 1:100 000 (the Southern coast of the Crimea).
On the maps of Ukraine regions maps of national nature parks in scales of 1:80
000, 1:120 000, 1:130 000, 1:200 000, 1:250 000, city maps (1:150 000) the
relief is shown in the unified scale of the oblast maps with insignificant
detailed elaboration due to the enlargement of scale. Continuous contour lines
are drawn in 20 m,
and layer painting is done in accordance with the general scale of relief
profile. On the territory
Carpathians the continuous contour lines are
drawn in 40 m.
The Azov Sea (1:1 500 000) and the Black
Sea (1:2 750 000) are shown on separate maps. The Atlas is
supplied by reference information on the biggest geographical objects of Ukraine:
rivers, lakes, reservoirs, mountain summits, and also on administrative units:
the Autonomous Republic
of the Crimea and all the oblasts.
The Index of geographical names contains
over 23 000 names of settlements, rivers, lakes, reservoirs, mountains, ridges,
passes, areas, tracts.