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The angular distance of a location north or south of the equator, measured in degrees.
Latitude
The angular distance of a location east or west of the prime meridian, measured in degees.
What is longitude
The theory that Earth's outer shell is divided into several large rigid plates that move relative to each other.
What are plate tectonics?
The movement of continents over geological time scales, as proposed by Alfred Wegners theory of pangea.
What is continental drift?
The physical features of the Earth's surface, including elevation, terrain, and land forms.
What is Topography?
The Science of art and map making
What is cartography?
The long term pattern of weather conditions on a particular region, including temperature, precipertation, and wind patterns.
What is climate?
A community or organisms interacting with each other and their environment in a specific area
What is Ecosystems?
A large ecological area characterized by distinct vegetation, climate, and animal life
What is Biome?
The study of water and it's movements across the Earth's surface, including rivers, lakes, and oceans.
What is ?Hydrology
The process of increasing human population in cities and towns
What is urbanization?
The number of people living per unit, per area usually expressed as persons per square kilometer or square miles
Population Density
The visible human imprint on the landscape, including buildings, infrastructure, and land patterns.
What is cultural landscape?
The movement of people from one place to another, often for economic, political, or environmental reasons
What is Migration?
The study of the relationship between politics and geography particularly, international affairs.
What is geopolitics?
land surrounded by water on three sides.
What is peninsula?
an imaginary line that seperates the earth into the northern and southern hemisphere.
What is the equator?
a portion of an ocean or sea partly enclosed by land, extending into land mass.
What is a gulf?
A length of water wider than a strait, joining two large areas of water, especially two seas.
What is a Channel?
A narrow passing of water connecting two seas or two large areas of water.
What is a strait?
An area of low flat land, sometimes shaped like a triangle, where a river divides into several smaller rivers before flowing into the ocean.
What is a Delta?
A characteristic of the countryside opposed to the city.
What is rural?
A charateristic of a city or town opposed to the countryside.
What is Urban?
The Earth's zero longitude, which passes through Greenwhich, England.
What is the prime meridian?
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