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13 Cards in this Set
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cartography
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map making
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equator
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0 degrees seperates the earth into North and South hemispheres
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Poles
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North and South are at 90 degrees North and South
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Prime Meridian
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0 degrees and seperates the earth into East and West hemispheres
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Solar Time
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the time determined by the sun
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Solar Noon
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when the sun is at the highest altitude. In the Western hemisphere its earlier than in the Eastern Hemisphere (Greenwich)
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International Dateline
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When you cross going west to east from Hawaii to Australia you go a day ahead.
When you go east to west you go a day behind |
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topographic maps
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show the elevations and depressions on the surface of the earth
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contour lines
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shows elevation differences
these lines NEVER cross |
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contour intervals
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show the distance between each contour line
connect areas of the same value |
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gradient
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change in elevation /distance
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isotherms
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areas of the same temperature
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Topographic Profiles
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1-find the elevation of all the points on that line
2- mark the dots on the graph 3- connect them |
