Key Terms Intro
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| show | Broadly, the geographic dimension or expression of any phenomenon; more specifically, anything related to the organization of space on the Earth's surface.
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| show | An area of spatial change where the peripheries of 2 adjacent realms or regions join; marked by a gradual shift (rather than a sharp break) in the characteristics that distinguish these neighboring geographic entities from one another.
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| show | Absolute location is the position or place of a certain item on the surface of the Earth as expressed in latitude and longitude. Relative location is the regional position or situation of a place relative to the position of other places.
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| show | A region marked less by its sameness than by its dynamic internal structure; because it usually focuses on a central node, also called nodal region or focal region.
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| show | Literally "country behind," a term that applies to a surrounding area served by an urban center. That center is the focus of goods and services produced for its hinterland and is its dominant urban influence as well.
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| show | The forms and artifacts sequentially place on the natural landscape by the activities of various human occupants. By this progressive imprinting of the human presence, the natural landscape is modified into the cultural landscape.
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| show | The array of landforms that constitutes the Earth's surface (mountains, hills, plains, and plateaus) and the physical features that mark them (water bodies, soils, and vegetation).
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| show | The slow movement of continents controlled by the processes associated with plate tectonics.
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| show | Core refers to the center, heart, or focus. The core area of a nation-state is constituted by the national heartland, the largest population cluster, the most productive region, and probably containing the capital city as well.
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