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Geo words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| altitude | Altitude is the height of an area, measured from sea level. |
| Antarctic Circle | The Antarctic Circle is an imaginary circle at latitude 66°30' S, around the south pole. |
| estuary | An estuary is where a river meets the sea or ocean. |
| GPS | GPS is short for global positioning system. GPS devices tell you your exact longitude and latitude (it gets the information from orbiting satellites). |
| lagoon | A lagoon is a shallow body of water that is located alongside a coast and separated from the ocean by a strip of land or a sandbank. |
| tributary | A tributary is a stream or river that flows into a larger river. |
| Tropic of Capricorn | The Tropic of Capricorn is an imaginary line of latitude at 23°30' S. |
| weather map | A weather map is a map that shows weather conditions for a time period. Weather maps show storms, fronts, temperatures, rain, snow, sleet, fog, etc. |
| forestry map | A forestry map is a map that notes the density, kind, size, and value of the trees in an area. |
| contour | A contour is a line on a topographic map that represents locations that have the same altitude. |