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geography
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the study of where people, places, and things are located an of the ways in which things relate to each other.
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absolute location
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the position of a place on the globe.
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equator
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a line that circles the globe halfway between North and South poles
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hemisphere
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the halves the equator divides on the globe2
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latitude
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imaginary lines that run parallel to the equator or parallels
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longtitude
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set of imaginary lines or meridians, that run North and South between the two poles
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prime meridian
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a line that runs through the Royal Observatory in Greenwich England at 0 degrees
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relative location
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where a place is located in relation to other places
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formal reigion
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areas in which a certain characteristic is found throughout the area
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functional reigion
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region that consist of one central place and the surrounding places affected by it
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