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Glossary of world regional geography
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- 532 million
- Population of Europe
- A line of longitude at 0 degrees that runs through greenwhich england
- Prime Meridian
- Coined the term geography
- Eratosthe, a greek scholar
- Computerized system designed to help people analyze, manage, and visualize geographic data
- Geographic Information System (GIS)
- Cyndrialic
- Areas around the equator
- Defines a location compared to other locations
- Relative location
- European Core
Northren Europe
Southren Europe
Eastren Europe - Subregions of Europe
- Formal
Functional
Vernecular - Regions used by geographers
- How many minutes equal one degreee
- 60 minutes equals one degree
- How many seconds equals a minute
- 60 seconds in a minute
- Large representive fraction in which a small area is shown with a lot of detail
1:100 - Large Scale
- physical geography
human geography - Branches of geography
- Provides a unique address for each place
- Absolute location
- Small representative scale with a large area with little detail. 1: 100,000
- Small Scale
- The art and science of making maps
- Cartography
- The point around the earth which seperates the two calendar days. at 180 degree longitutde
- International Date Line
- The study of the earth as the home to humankind.
- Geography
- the study of the relationship between people, places, and environment through mapping
- The world in spatial terms
- The world in spacial terms
Places and Regions
Physical systems
Human systems
Environment and Society
Use of geography - 6 elements of geography
- Way of depiciting the Earth on a flat surface such as a piece of paper.
- Map projection
