Geography Terms

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geography

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study of Earth and its people, places, and environments

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spatial

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Earth’s features in terms of their places, shapes, and relationships

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landscape

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portions of Earth’s surface viewed from another location

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relative location

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location of one place compared to another

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absolute location

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exact location of something

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latitude

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lines on a map running east to west

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Equator

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line of latitude around the middle of Earth

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longitude

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lines on a map running north to south

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Prime Meridian

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starting point for measuring longitude

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region

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group of places close to one another sharing characteristics