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ES Ch 6 Vocab

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


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