Mental maps are an individual's internalized representation (a person’s point of view) of some aspects of the Earth's surface. It represents what the person knows about the locations and the characteristics of places at a variety of scales (local to global) from the layout of the one's bedroom to the distribution of oceans and continents on the surface of the Earth. This image is a Mental map of the West part of the United States. The person who created the map based this map on what he perceived the West to be, as someone who has lived in Colorado and Arizona his whole life and had traveled extensively throughout the region.
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