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| Panhandle | The northern part of Florida that sticks out from the rest of the state like the handle of a pan. |
| peninsula | Land that is mostly surrounded by water. |
| strait | A narrow channel of water that connects two large bodies of water. |
| region | An area on Earth whose features make it different from other areas. |
| landform | One of the shapes that make up EarthÕs surface. |
| relative location | The location of a place compared with other places. |
| continent | A large land area on Earth. |
| hemisphere | A half of a sphere; a half of Earth. |
| equator | An imaginary line from east to west around the middle of Earth. |
| absolute location | The exact position of a place on Earth. |
| line of latitude | A line on a map or globe that runs east and west. |
| parallels | Another name for lines of latitude, because they are always the same distance apart. |
| prime meridian | The starting point for lines of longitude. |
| line of longitude | A line on a map or globe that runs north and south. |
| meridian | Another name for line of longitude. |
