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maps & globes

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cardinal directions   North, East, South, West  
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cartographer   person who makes maps  
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0 degrees latitude   Equator  
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0 degrees longitude   Prime Meridian  
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the 5 oceans   Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, Southern  
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latitude lines are ...   parallel and circle around the earth  
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longitude lines ....   get closer at the poles and have a complimentary line of longitude  
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23½° South   Tropic of Capricorn  
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23½° North   Tropic of Cancer  
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90° South   South Pole  
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90° North   North Pole  
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the hemispheres   northern or southern AND eastern or western  
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intermediate directions   northeast, southeast, southwest, northwest  
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source   where a river begins  
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mouth   where a river empties  
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downstream   the flow of a river from higher to lower elevation  
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strait   narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water  
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coordinates   latitude and longitude of a place  
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tributary   river that flows into another river  
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saltwater   ocean, sea, gulf, bay, cove  
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