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A part or section of a country or the world that has geographic, political, or cultural characteristics that distinguish it from others
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region
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imaginary center line, around which the Earth rotates
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axis
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imaginary line that runs around the center of the Earth; located at 0° latitude
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equator
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imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole at 0° longitude
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prime meridian
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one thing that stands for something else
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symbol
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a broad area of level or rolling treeless country
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plain
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a piece of land surrounded by water or sticking out into the water
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peninsula
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imaginary lines that run east and west on a globe; also called lines of latitude
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parallels
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an elevation higher than a hill
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mountain
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dry land with few plants and little rainfall
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desert
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imaginary lines that run north and south on a globe; also called lines of longitude
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meridians
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one half of a sphere, especially of the Earth
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hemisphere
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A measure of relative position north or south on the Earth's equator, which has a latitude of 0°, measured in degrees,
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latitude
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a broad flat area of high land
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plateau
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A measure of relative position east or west on the Earth's surface, given in degrees from a certain meridian, usually the prime meridian at Greenwich, England, which has a longitude of 0°.
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longitude
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a symbol that shows directions on a map. The directions may be north, south, east, and west, and sometimes northwest, northeast, southeast, and southwest.
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compass rose
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lists the symbols used on a map and tells what each symbol means
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key or legend
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a narrow piece of land joining two larger bodies of land
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isthmus
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a graphic that compares distance on a map to the distance it represents, for example, 1 inch = 100 miles
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scale
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a smaller map set within the border of a larger one
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inset map
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desert, symbol, plateau, plain, peninsula, mountain, isthmus, inset map, scale, key or legend, compass rose, longitude, latitude, hemisphere, meridians, parallels, prime meridian, equator, axis, region
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Geography Terms
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