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Here are some suggestions for the the proper citation, in a number of styles that can just be copied and pasted into any documents. This is based on the template provided by Wikipedia. For reference to any printed material, please see the details of the collection or collections this graphic is published in, which may be published in paper format.

• APA style

  Aridity Zones. (2002). In UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library. Retrieved 04:18, November 21, 2009 from http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/aridity_zones.

• MLA style

  "Aridity Zones." UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library. 2002. UNEP/GRID-Arendal. 21 Nov 2009 <http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/aridity_zones>.

• MHRA style

  UNEP/GRID-Arendal, 'Aridity Zones', UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library, 2002, <http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/aridity_zones> [Accessed 21 November 2009]

• Chicago style

  UNEP/GRID-Arendal, Aridity Zones, UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library, http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/aridity_zones (Accessed 21 November 2009)

• CBE/CSE style

  UNEP/GRID-Arendal. Aridity Zones [Internet]. UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library; 2002 [cited 2009 Nov 21]. Available from: http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/aridity_zones.

• Bluebook style

  Aridity Zones, http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/aridity_zones (Last visited November 21, 2009).

• Bluebook: Harvard JOLT style

  See UNEP/GRID Arendal Maps and Graphics Library, Aridity Zones, http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/aridity_zones (Optional description here) (as of Nov. 21, 2009, 03:18 UTC).

• AMA style

  UNEP/GRID-Arendal. Aridity Zones. UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library. 2002. Available at: http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/aridity_zones. Accessed November 21, 2009.