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| absolute location | description of a place using grid coordinates (latitude, longitude) |
| archpelago | a group of islands |
| axis | imaginary line that passes through the center of the Earth |
| bay | potion of an ocean that is partially enclosed by land |
| canal | chamnnel that is dug across land to connect two bodies of water |
| canyon | a deep, narrow valley, steep sides |
| cape | point of land that extends into a sea |
| capital | city in a country or state where the govt. is based |
| cardinal directions | N, S, E, and W |
| climate | usual weather in a particular place over a period of time |
| compass rose | symbol that shows direction on a map |
| continent | one of the seven large land masses on the Earth |
| coordinates | the latitude and longitude adress of a place on a map |
| degrees | units of latitude and longitude |
| desert | dry area with little or no rainfall |
| elevation | height of land above sea level |
| equator | imaginary line that runs around the center of the Earth halfway between the North and South Pole at 0 degrees |
| geographic grid | intersecting pattern fromed by lines of lat. and long. |
| grid | pattern of lines that form squares |
| gulf | large area of ocean partly surrounded by land |
| harbor | sheltered body of water where ships anchor |
| hemisphere | half of the Earth |
| lines of latitude | imaginary lines on the Earth that run parallel to the Equator |
| lines of longitude | imaginary lines that run between the north and the south pole |
| mountain range | chain of mountains |
| mouth | part of a river where it empties into another body of water |
| North Pole | point north on Earth where the lines of longitude meet |
| inset map | smaller map set within the border of a larger one |
| intermediate directions | NE, SE, Sw, NW |
| isthmus | narrow strip of land having water on each side connecting two bodies of land |
