Cartographic elements of geographical location identification (1):
The symbol used to identify the cardinal and inter-cardinal directions' positioning.
What is:
The compass rose?
The imaginary line separating the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
What is:
The equator?
A large geographical region, characterized by similar climate and life.
What is:
A biome?
A land-body, specifically smaller than any continent, entirely surrounded by water.
What is an
Island?
A large water-body, entirely surrounded by land.
What is a:
Lake?
A presented list of symbols used for the identification of landmarks.
What is:
A legend key?
The proportional ratio between the distance measured on a map's surface and the corresponding geographical distance.
What is:
Cartographic scale?
A naturally formed waterway connecting two larger water-bodies, such as an ocean and a sea.
What is
A strait?
The relative low-ground between mountains or hills.
What is a
Valley?
A stretch of flowing water, specifically larger than a straight, connecting two larger water-bodies.
What is
A channel?
The geographical warping and misrepresentation formed from transferring the surface of a 3D sphere onto a 2D plane.
What is:
Cartographic distortion?
A method of geographical location identification where a line of latitude and a line of longitude intersect at a certain point, both lines on a degree of a circle, and said degrees going together to determine a location.
What is:
Geographical degrees / coordinates?
A river or stream that flows into a larger river or lake.
What is:
A tributary?
A section of a land-body that extends into a water-body, pronouncing or distinguishing itself.
What is:
A cape?
A large body of salt-water, typically a smaller, partially enclosed part of the ocean.
What is a:
Sea?
The technical definition of the cardinal directions.
What is:
90 degree increments relative to what direction is being faced, arranged clockwise in the order presented: "North, East, South, West," With North constantly facing the North pole and standing as the reference point, or 0 degree point.
The technical definition of the inter-cardinal directions.
What is:
90 degree increments relative to what direction is being faced, arranged clockwise in the order presented: "North-East, South-East, South-West, South-East," each serving as a 45 degree increment between the two named cardinal directions.
A low-lying formation of land created at a river's mouth when it flows into a larger, slow-moving or still water-body, where the sediment being carried is deposited faster than it can be carried away.
What is:
A delta?
An area of relatively level high-ground, raised sharply from the area around it on at least one side.
What is:
A plateau?
A sheltered water-body, artificial or natural, and achieving purpose from being deep enough for ships to anchor.
What is:
A harbor?
The respective measurements of longitudinal and latitudinal lines.
What is:
Latitudinal lines measure distance from North to South, and longitudinal lines measure distance from East to West?
The reference point of longitudinal measurement.
What is:
The prime meridian?
A narrow strip of land with water on either side, serving as the only connection between two larger land-bodies.
What is:
An isthmus?
A piece of land protruding outwards from a larger land-body, almost entirely surrounded by water, and connected to the main land-body via a thinner stretch of land.
What is:
A peninsula?
An extending of a water-body that travels far inland on a deep, narrow outline.
What is:
A fjord?