Think about a map of the world. The image you're picturing will most likely resemble the Mercator projection—a 2D representation of the globe created in the 1500s which most maps you commonly come ...
Vol. 10, No. 2, Mountain Geoecology and Land-Use Implications: Proceedings of the Symposium of the International Geographical Union Commission on High-Altitude Geoecology (May, 1978), pp. 168-184 (17 ...