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