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Geography Concepts
Abosolute Location | describes the location of a place base on a fixed point of the earth. |
Continent | the mainland contrasted with island. |
Relative Location | directions like north,south,east,and west help describes where one place is in the Relative Location. |
Hemisphere | a half of the earth ,usually as divided into northern,southern,halves by the equator or into western and easther halves by an imaginary line passing through the poles. |
Eguator | a corresponding line one a planet or other body. |
Prime Meridian | is a meridian in a geographical coordinate system which longitude is defined to be 0 degrees. |
Latitude | measures distances north and south of the equator |
Longitude | measures distances west and east of the equator |
Climate | is the who |