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| a picture or icon that stands for something else on a map | symbol |
| a model of the Earth | globe |
| tells what the symbols on a map stand for | map key |
| a drawing of a place | map |
| a map divided by lines that form squares used to find places | grid map |
| part of a country | state |
| shows directions on a map | compass rose |
| the most southern place on the earth | South Pole |
| a land and the people who live there | country |
| a way of going from one place to another | route |
| an imaginary line around the middle of the earth | equator |
| the most northern place on the earth | North Pole |
| a very large body of land | continent |
| a body of water with land all around it | lake |
| low land between hills or mountains | valley |
| the highest kind of land | mountain |
| a very large body of salt water | ocean |
| land that has water all around it | island |
| different kinds of land | landform |
| an area of flat land, often used for farming | plain |
| land that has water on three sides | penisula |
| land that is higher than land around it, but lower than a mountain | hill |
| a long body of water that flows across the land | river |
| a dry place with little rain | desert |
