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| Azimuthal Projection | The least distortion on this projection is found at the poles.
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| Steep slope | Tightly spaced contour lines indicated this type of slope.
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| Map title | Part of the map that tells you what area is being shown or gives you information about the subject of the map.
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| V shaped Contour Lines | Indicate crossing a valley or river.
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| Mercator Projection Distortion | Distortion at the High Latitudes (Poles).
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| Depression | Represented by a circle with inward pointing tick lines on a topographical map
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| Contour Interval | Distance between contour lines.
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| Topographic map | Shows elevation or man-made/natural features on the Earth's surface.
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| Point of V in Contour Lines | Indicates upstream
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| Contour Line | Show the elevation above sea level of a location, contour lines never cross.
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| Gentle slope | Shown on a topographic map by widely spaced contour lines.
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| Mercator Projection | Shows the Earth's latitude and longitude as straight, parallel lines that are plotted with an equal amount of space between each line.
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| Scale | The relationship between the distance on a map and the actual distance on the Earth.
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| Globe | The most accurate model of the Earth.
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| Key/Legend | A list of symbols used in a map and their explanations.
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| True North | The geographic North Pole, it never changes.
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| Prime Meridian | Zero Degrees Longitude
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| Equator | Zero Degrees Latitude
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| Degrees | Unit of measure for latitude and longitude.
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| Elevation | Represented by all points along a single contour line.
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| Latitude | The distance north and south, measured in degrees, from the Equator.
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| Longitude | The distance in degrees, east and west, from the Prime Meridian.
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| Elevation | The height of an object above sea level.
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| True North | A compass needle points this direction.
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| Contour lines | Used to show size and shape of landforms on a topographic map, contour lines never cross.
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| Remote sensing | Shows what cannot be seen in aerial photographs.
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| Degrees | Latitude and longitude are measured in this.
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| Contour line | All points along this line represent a single elevation.
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| Conic, cylinder and plane | Three most shapes for map projections.
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| Conic projection | The United States is the least distorted using this projection.
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