Absolute location describes the location of a place based on a fixed point on earth. The most common way is to identify the location using coordinates such as latitude and longitude. Lines of longitude and latitude crisscross the earth

any of the world's main continuous expanses

Absolute location, however, is a term with little real meaning, since any location must be expressed relative to something else.

a half of the earth, usually as divided into northern and southern halves by the equator, or into western and eastern halves by an imaginary line passing through the poles.

an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude 0°.

a planet's meridian adopted as the zero of longitude. the earth's zero of longitude, which by convention passes through Greenwich, England

he angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, or of a celestial object north or south of the celestial equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes. "at a latitude of 51° N"

the angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes. "at a longitude of 2° W"

the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.

materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain.

Population Distribution

materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain.

the action of buying and selling goods and services

make partial or minor changes to (something), typically so as to improve it or to make it less extreme.

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Geography Concepts


Absolute Location	Absolute location describes the location of a place based on a fixed point on earth. The most common way is to identify the location using coordinates such as latitude and longitude. Lines of longitude and latitude crisscross the earth
Continent	any of the world's main continuous expanses
Relative Location	Absolute location, however, is a term with little real meaning, since any location must be expressed relative to something else.
Hemishere	a half of the earth, usually as divided into northern and southern halves by the equator, or into western and eastern halves by an imaginary line passing through the poles.
Equator	an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude 0°.
Prime Meridian	a planet's meridian adopted as the zero of longitude. the earth's zero of longitude, which by convention passes through Greenwich, England
Latitude	he angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, or of a celestial object north or south of the celestial equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes. "at a latitude of 51° N"
Longitude	the angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes. "at a longitude of 2° W"
Climate	the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.
Natural Resource	materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain.
Population Distribution	materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain.
Trade	the action of buying and selling goods and services
Modify	make partial or minor changes to (something), typically so as to improve it or to make it less extreme.

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