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| plain | large, flat landform that often has thick, fertile soil and is usually found in the interior region of a continent |
| plateau | flat, raised landform made up of nearly horizontal rocks that have been uplifted |
| folded mountains | mountains formed when horizontal rock layers are squeezed from opposite sides, causing them to buckle and fold |
| upwarped mountain | mountains formed when blocks of Earth's crust are pushed up by forces inside Earth |
| fault-block mountain | mountains formed from huge, tilted blocks of rock that are separated from surrounding rocks by faults |
| volcanic mountain | mountains formed when molten material reaches Earth's surface through a weak crustal area and piles up into a cone-shaped structure |
| equator | imaginary line that wraps around Earth at 0 degrees latitude, halfway between the north and sough poles |
| latitude | distance in degrees north or south of the equator |
| prime meridian | imaginary line that represents 0 degrees longitude and runs from the north pole through Greenwich, England to the south pole |
| longitude | distance in degrees east or west of the prime meridian |
| conic projection | map made by projecting points and lines from a globe onto a cone |
| topographic map | map that shows the changes in elevation of Earth's surface and indicates such features as roads and cities |
| contour line | line on a map that connects points of equal elevation |
| map scale | relationship between distances on a map and distances on Earth's surface that can be represented as a ratio or as a small bar divided into sections |
| map legend | explains the meaning of symbols used on a map |
