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Geographical Terms

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Topography1. The physical features of an area of land: its height and shape
Community2. Formed by a group of people with something in common.
The Dreaming3. The time in which Aboriginal people believe the Earth gained its current shape
Indigenous People4. The descendents of the original inhabitants of an area
EndemicNative to a particular area and found nowhere else
Masupials6. Animals which keep and feed their young in a pouch
Isobars7. Lines which join places of equal area pressure on a synoptic map
Sacred Sites8. Places where important events in the Dreaming took place
Monotremes9. Egg laying mammals such as the platypus and echidna
TectonicRefers to forces within the Earth causing earthquakes, folds, faults and volcanoes
Latitudethe distance north or south of the equator measured in degrees
Longitudethe distance east or west of the Prime Meridian measured in degrees
Demographythe study of human population characteristics and patterns
Epicentrethe point of the Earth's surface directly above where an earthquake is focused
Biodiversitythe variety of all life forms of a region, including the genes, species and ecosystems
Ecosystemthe group of all the plants and animals in a certain area, together with the environment to which they have adapted


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