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15 Cards in this Set
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plateau
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flat raised landform made up of nearly horz rocks that have been up lifted
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conic projection
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map made by projecting points & lines from a globe
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plain
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largwe flat platform that often has thick fertile soil
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topographic map
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map that shows the changes in elevation of earths surface & indicates such feat as roads
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folded mountains
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formed when horz rock layers are squeezed from opp sides causing them to buckle & fold
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equator
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line that wraps around earth @ o deg latitude & half runs n pole & s pole
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prime meridian
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line that repres 0 deg longitiude & runs from N pole 2 the s pole
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map scale
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relationship between distances on a map & dis on earth surr that can be rep as a ratio
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longitude
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distancein deg west or east ofthe prime meridian
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volcanic mountains
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formed when molten material reaches earths surf through a weak crustal area & piles up in2 a cone-shaped structure
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latitude
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distance in deg N or S of the equator
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map legend
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explains the meaning of symbols used on a map
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upwarped mountains
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formed when blocks of earths crust are pushed up by forces inside earth
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fault-block mountains
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formed from huge tilted blocks of rock that are seperated from surr rocks by faults
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contour lines
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line on a map that connects point of equal elevation
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