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Absolute location
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identification of place by a precise and accepted system of coordinates.
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exact
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Relative location
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the position of a place or thing in relation to that of other places or things.
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general to
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Cultural landscape
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natural landscape as modified by human activities and bearing the imprint of a culture group or society.
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modified by
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Formal region
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a region of essential uniformity in one or a limited number of related physical or cultural features.
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uniformity
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Functional region
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a region differentiated by what occurs within it
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within it
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Large scale map
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representation of a small land area, usually with a representative fraction of 1:75,000 or less.
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small area
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Small scale map
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representation of a large land area on which small features cannot be shown to true scale.
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large area
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Site
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something’s immediate surroundings and attributes.
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immediate
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Situation
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location of something in relation to physical and human characteristics of a larger region.
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in relation
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“spatial”
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interaction or ideas from space to space.
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interaction or ideas
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Location
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relative and absolute position on earth’s surface.
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position
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Human Interaction
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development and consequences of human-environmental relationships.
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development and consequences
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Movement
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patterns and change in human spatial interaction on earth.
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patterns human spatial interaction
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Place
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physical and human characteristics of a locale.
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physical and human
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Regions
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how they form and change.
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how
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Igneous rock
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rock formed from cooling and solidifying of molten rock
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Sedimentary rock
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composed of particles of gravel, sand, silt, and clay eroded from existing rock.
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Metamorphic rock
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– rocks transformed from igneous and sedimentary rocks by earth forces that generate heat, pressure, and chemical reaction.
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Plate tectonics
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theory that lithosphere is divided into plates that slide or drift very slowly over asthenosphere.
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Diastrophism
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great pressure acting on the plates that deforms them by folding, twisting, warping, breaking or compressing rock.
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Weathering
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breakdown and decomposition of rocks and minerals at or near earth’s surface in response to atmospheric factors.
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Karst topography
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refers to a large limestone region marked by sinkholes, caverns, and underground streams.
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Alluvium
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water deposited soil.
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Tsunami
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seismic sea waves generated by an earthquake or volcanic eruption.
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Subduction
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– process by which one lithospheric plate is forced down into the asthenosphere as a result of collision with another plate.
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