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geography | The study of Earth's land features and living things. |
cartographer | A person who makes maps. |
latitude | An imaginary line that runs east and west and measures north and south of the equator. |
longitude | An imaginary line that runs north and south from pole to pole and measures east and west of the Prime Meridian. |
map projection | A way to draw the earth on a flat paper. |
meridian | Another word for a longitude line. |
parallel | Lines of latitude that are on a globe and never touch. |
coordinate | An ordered pair that locates places on a map (numbers used in a global address) |
global address | An exact location of a place using latitude and longitude. |
topography | The study of earth's physical features. |