GEO
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- scale
- the mathematical relationship by which distances on a map reduce actual distances on earth.
- map legend
- lists and explains the symbols and colors used on a map
- equator
- an imaginary circle around the middle of the earth, halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole
- GIS
- Geographic Information System
- prime meridian
- Russia's main independent TV station
- longitude
- distance east or west on the earth's surface, measured in degrees from a certain meridian (line from the North to the South Pole).
- compass
- an instrument for showing directions, consisting of a needle or compass card that points to the north magnetic pole, which is near the North Pole.
- meridians
- an imaginary circle passing through any place on the earth's surface and through the North and South poles.
- parallel
- any of the imaginary circles around the earth parallel to the equator, marking degrees of latitude
- latitude
- distance north or south of the equator, measured in degrees.
- geography
- the study of the earth's surface, climate, continents, countries, peoples, industries, and products.
- geographic grids
- networks of imaginary lines that help us find and describe places on earth
- cartography
- the making or study of maps or charts
- Physical geography
- concerned with the locations of such earth features as land, water, and climate; their relationship to one another and to human activities; and the forces that create and change them
- GPS
- Geographic Positioning System
- Human geography
- concentrates on patterns of human activity and on their relationships with the environment