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plain | large, flat landform that often has thick, fertile soil and is usually found in the interior region of a continent |
plateau | flat, raised landform made up of nearly horizontal rocks that have been uplifted |
folded mountain | mountains formed when horizontal rock layers are squeezed from opposite sides, causing them to buckle and fold |
upwarped mountain | mountains formed when blocks of Earth's crust are pushed up by forces inside Earth |
fault-block mountain | mountains formed from huge, tilted blocks of rock that are separated from surrounding rocks by faults |
volcanic mountain | mountains formed when molten material reaches Earth's surface through a weak crustal area and piles up into a cone-shaped structure |
equator | imaginary line that wraps around Earth at 0 degrees latitude, halfway between the north and south poles |
latitude | distance in degrees north or south of the equator |
prime meridian | imaginary line that represents 0 degrees longitude and runs from the north pole through Greenwich, England, to the south pole |
longitude | distance in degrees east or west of the prime meridian |
conic projection | map made by projecting points |
topographic map | map that shows the changes in elevation of Earth's surface and indicates such features as roads and cities |
contour line | line on a map that connects points of equal elevation |
map scale | relationship 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 legend | explains the meaning of symbols used on a map |