《中国大百科全书》第二版(以下简称“第二版”)是中国科学文化事业一项重要的基础工程和国家重大出版工程。第二版世界地理学科的作者队伍由100多位专家、学者组成。共收录世界地理条目4000多个,约占总条目数的1/15,总字数约计200万字,其中含有地图约1000幅,彩色插图2000多幅。第二版的世界地理属于区域地理学范畴,强调综合 The second edition of “China Encyclopedia” (hereinafter referred to as “the second edition”) is an important basic project of China’s science and culture and a major national publication project. The second edition of the author of the world geography team consists of more than 100 experts and scholars. A total of more than 4000 world geography entries, accounting for about 1/15 of the total number of entries, the total number of words is about 200 words, including about 1,000 maps, more than 2,000 color illustrations. The second edition of World Geography belongs to the category of regional geography, emphasizing synthesis