What information does political and physical maps give you?

Here's a good description from an online map store:

"Reference: Types of Maps"
Map Town Ltd.
http://www.maptown.com/referencemaptypes.html

Under the headings "Physical Maps" and "Political Maps", you can see
that physical maps focus on natural features, while political maps
focus on man-made divisions.

You can compare physical and political maps of many countries on
Altapedia:

"Physical Map Index"
Altapedia Online
http://www.atlapedia.com/online/map_index_phy.htm 

"Political Map Index"
Altapedia Online
http://www.atlapedia.com/online/map_index_pol.htm

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Search terms used on Google:

physical political maps