Geo. Definitions
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| prime meridian | a planet's meridian adopted as the zero of longitude.
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| Cultural landscape | The combination of the physical features and human features on a landscape
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| mental map | The map-like image every one carries in their head
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| culture | the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.
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| spatial perspective | A way for geographers to identify and explain patterns of human activities and physical activities across Earth.
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| spatial association | The degree to which things are similarly arranged over space. Compares distribution patterns. A strong occurs where two distributions are similar. Weak association describes little similarity. No association occurs when two distributions are dissimilar.
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| spatial diffusion | The process by which information and ideas spread across Earth.
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| absolute location | a term which has little real meaning, since any location must be expressed relative to something else.
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| relative location | A location of a place in relation to another place (i.e. south or downhill).
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| concentration | the geographic location of a specific cluster or dense group, e.g. of ethnics, types of buildings, types of natural features (such as mountains, lakes, or forests).
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| pattern | A spatial distribution explainable as a repetitive distribution.
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