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the shape of the land determined by elevation, relief, and landforms topography
the difference in elevation between the highest and lowest parts of an area relief
a landform with high elevation and high relief mountain
a landform that has high elevation and a more or less level surface plateau
height above sea level elevation
a feature or topography formed by the process that shape Earth's surface landform
a landform made up of flat or gently rolling land with low relief plain
a series of mountains that have the same general shape and structure mountain range
a large area of land where the topography is similar landform region
a flat model of all or part of Earth's surface as seen from above map
on a map pictures used by mapmakers to stand for features on Earth's surface symbol
an imaginary line that circles Earth half way between the north and south poles equator
the line that makes a half circlefrom the north pole to the south pole and that passes through Greenwich England prime meridian
the ditance in degrees east or west of the prime meridain longitude
a sphere that repersents Earth's entire surface globe
a list of the symbols used on a map key
one half of the sphere that makes up Earth's surface hemisphere
a framework of line that helps to show landmasses on a flat surface map projection
used to compare distance on a map or globe to distance on Earth's suface scale
a unit used to measure distances around a circle, one degree equals 1/360 of a full circle degree
the distance in degrees north or south of the equator latitude
the process of gathering data for a map by using instruments and the principles of geometry to determine distance and elevations surveying
pictures of the land surface based on computer data collected from satellites stellite images
a method of finding latitude and logitude using a network of staellites *Global Positioning System
converting information to numbers for use by a computer digitizing
the tiny dots in a satellite image pixels
a map that shows the surface features of an area topography map
the difference in elevation from one contour line to the next contour interval
a line on a topographic map that connects points of equal elevation contour line
on a topographic map a heavier contour line that is labeled with elevation of that contour line in round units index contour
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