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Geography Terms

Do you know the words that are used to help describe our earth's surface and help you find a specific location in the world?

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Antarctic Circle66°30' S latitude around the South Pole
Arctic Circle66°30' N latitude around the North Pole
continentone of the seven largest land masses on Earth
degreeunit of measure on a globe
Eastern Hemispherehalf of the earth with Africa, Asia, Australia, and Europe
equatorline of latitude that circles the earth at its widest parts
geographystudy of the earth's surface
globeround model of the earth
latitudelines that run east-west on a globe and never meet
longitudelines on a globe that run north and south
meridiananother name for longitude
North Polefarthest north point on the Earth
Northern Hemispherehalf of the Earth north of the equator
oceanlarge body of salt water
parallelanother name for latitude
prime meridianline of longitude that runs through England
South Polefarthest south point on the Earth
Southern Hemispherehalf of the earth that is south of the equator
Tropic of Cancer23°30' N latitude
Tropic of Capricorn23°30' S latitude
Western Hemisphereanother name for the Americas

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