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Social Studies Geog1
First geography unit we will be learning in social studies
Term | Definition |
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Longitude | -the angular distance of a place East or West of the meridian |
Plateau | -an area of relatively level high ground |
Valley | -a low area of land between hills or mountains typically with a river or stream flowing through it |
Mountain | -a large natraul elevation of the Earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level; a large steep hill |
Equater | -an imaginary line drawn around the Earth equally distant from both poles dividing the Earth into two halves |
Prime Meridian | -the Earth's zero of longitude |
Latitude | -the angular distance of a place North or South of the Earth's equator |