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- absolute location
- The exact position of a place using lines of longitude and latitude
- compass rose
- a drawing on a map or globe that has directions of north, south, east and west.
- Cardinal directions
- North, South, East and West
- Intermediate directions
- Directions between the cardinal directions: NE, SE, NW, SW
- elevation
- The height above sea level
- equator
- The line used on maps to separate Earth into two equal halfs - a northern half and a southern half. It represents 0* of latitude.
- longitude
- The distance east or west of the prime meridian.
- latitude
- distance north or south of the equator.
- projection
- presenting the round Earth so that it fits on a flat surface - like a map
- Prime meridian
- The first line of longitude at 0* - the starting place for measuring lines of longitude and separating east from west. Goes through Greenwich, England.