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| Peninsula | A body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded on three sides by water. |
| Map Key | This explains the lines, symbols, and colors used on a map. |
| Longitude | The distance east or west of the Prime Meridian, measured in degrees. |
| Delta | A flat, low-lying land built up from soil carried down-stream by a river and deposited at its mouth. |
| Equator | An imaginary line that runs around the earth halfway between the North and South Poles; used as the starting point to measure degrees of north and south latitude. |
| Latitude | The distance north or south of the earth’s equator, measured in degrees. |
| Prime Meridian | The line of the global grip running from the North Pole to the South Pole through Greenwich, England; starting point for measuring degrees of east and west longitude. |
| Plateau | An area of flat or rolling land at a high elevation, about 300 – 3,000 feet high. |
| Compass Rose | A symbol on a map that tells you where the cardinal directions – north, south, east, and west – are positioned. |
| Absolute Location | The exact location of a place on the earth described by global coordinates. |
| Strait | A narrow channel joining two larger bodies of water. |
| Isthmus | A narrow strip of land connecting two larger masses of land. |
