Geography Vocabulary
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| Relative Location | Identify a place by its importance or convenience in relation to other places
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| Absolute Location | Exact geographic location as indicated by degrees of longitude and latitude
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| Intermediate Directions | Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, Southwest
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| Cardinal Directions | North, South, East, West
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| Legend | Key that explains symbols on a map
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| Equator | The imaginary line that encircles the center of the globe, zero degrees latitude
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| Longitude | Another name for meridians, Lines of longitude are measured east of west from Prime Meridian.
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| Prime Meridian | Zero degrees longitude. It runs through western Europe and west Africa.
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| Meridians | Imaginary Lines that run from the North Pole to the South Pole.
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| Latitude | Another name for parallels. Lines of latitude are measured north or south from the equator.
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| Parallels | Imaginary lines that go around the globe from east to west.
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| Climate | A pattern of weather that occurs over a long time.
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| Weather | The daily condition of the air around and above us.
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| Tributary | A stream or small river that flows into a larger river.
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| Mouth | The point at which a river's waters empty into a larger body of water.
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| Source | The place where a river begins, usually in highlands (mountains).
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| Isthmus | A narrow strip of land that connects two larger pieces of land.
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| Strait | A narrow strip of land that connects two larger bodies of water.
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| Peninsula | A piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides.
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| Gulf | A part of a ocean or sea that extends into land. Larger than a bay.
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| Delta | Soil deposited at the mouth of a river.
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| Coast | Land along the ocean or sea.
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| Cape | a point of land that extends into the ocean, sea or lake.
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| Canyon | a narrow valley with high, steep sides.
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| Bay | Part of a body of water that extends into the land. Smaller than a gulf.
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| Archipelago | a group of islands
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| Elevations | The height above the sea.
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| Landforms | a surface features of the earth, major ones are mountains, hills, plateaus, and plains.
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