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A picture on a map showing the cardinal direction   Compass Rose  
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The difference between the distance in real life   Scale  
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A marking that represents something   Symbol  
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Something that decodes a figure   Key  
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A person that makes maps   Cartographer  
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A series of horizontal and vertical lines   Grid  
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Estimation of a unknown value   Interpolation  
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Measures the distance north and south of the equator   Latitude  
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Distance from east to west from the prime meridian   Longitude  
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Lines Extending in the same direction that never intersects and goes on forever.   Parallel  
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Great circle of earth’s passing   Meridian  
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Twisting out of shape   Distortion  
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Shortest distance from 2 points on a round surface   Great Circle  
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Drawing the round earth on a flat surface   Physical Map  
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A cliff, slope or drop off into the sea   Fjord  
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A part of the sea partially enclosed by land   Gulf  
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Wide inlet of the sea or lake   Bay  
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The continuous body of salt water   Sea  
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The bed of a running stream or river   Channel  
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A stream that flows   Stream  
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Narrow waterway   Strait  
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A natural stream of water   River  
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Protected inlet of the sea   Harbor  
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End of a river   mouth  
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A spring that is a starting point of a stream   Source  
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An artificial waterway   Canal  
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Large, moving mass of ice   Glacier  
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Going against the current toward the source   Upstream  
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In the direction of the current stream toward the mouth   Downstream  
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