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The World Health Organization (WHO) is updating its Global Health Atlas and you have been asked to create five maps.  Three of the five maps you create must show the worldwide distribution of water, the distribution of surface water in Texas statewide, and the distribution of surface water for the part of Texas (region) where you live.  Another map must show the precipitation patterns in Texas.  The fifth map must show the physiography of Texas and contain a table listing the different provinces with corresponding descriptions of the terrain shaped by geological processes and how this terrain influences the distribution of water in that province.

Note: Your teacher may provide a list of resources to locate .kmz files for Google Earth.

To satisfy this challenge, five maps will be created in Google Earth, Google Maps, or My WorldGIS, showing:

1. Worldwide distribution of surface water.
2. Distribution of surface water in Texas.
3. Regional distribution (for the area where you live in Texas) of surface water.
4. Precipitation patterns in Texas.
5. The physiography of Texas.  This map must contain a table listing the different provinces with corresponding descriptions of the terrain shaped by geological processes and how this terrain influences the distribution of water in that province.

Remember that all maps must have a North arrow, a scale, and a legend.  You may also annotate the maps with images and/or place marks in order to explain some of the factors that influence surface water distribution.  For example, you could make a place mark at the inter-tropical convergence zone, and insert a diagram next to it explaining the processes involved in shaping weather patterns.

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