maps, Continents and Oceans
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| Regional Scale | A spatial scale that encompasses a geographic area where the climate is roughly uniform and the species contained there in are often restricted to that region by their dispersal capabilities
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| Spatial Scale | The term is used for describing or classifying with large approximation the extent or size of a length, distance or area studied or described. For example: Global climate is the largest spatial scale.
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| Continent | Any of the world's main continuous expanses of land (Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America). A continent is one of several major land masses on the earth.
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| Ocean | a very large expanse of sea, in particular, each of the main areas into which the sea is divided geographically. (There are 5: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern and Arctic)
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| Hemisphere | Either the northern or southern half of the earth as divided by the equator or the eastern or western half as divided by a meridian.
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| Southern Hemisphere | Any place below the equator.
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| Northern Hemisphere | Any place above the equator.
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| Western Hemisphere | Any place to the left of the Prime Meridian.
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| Eastern Hemisphere | Any place to the right of the Prime Meridian.
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| Prime Meridian | The imaginary line that divides the world into equal eastern and western halves.
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| Equator | The imaginary line that divides the world into equal northern and southern halves.
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| Pole | Either of the two locations ( North Pole or South Pole ) on the surface of the earth that are the northern and southern ends of the axis of rotation.
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| Longitude | is the angular distance, in degrees, minutes, and seconds, of a point east or west of the Prime Meridian. Lines of longitude are often referred to as meridians. (shown as a vertical line)
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| Latitude | is the angular distance, in degrees, minutes, and seconds of a point north or south of the Equator. Lines of latitude are often referred to as parallels. (shown as a horizontal line on the map)
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