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| cultural region | area in which people share some way of life |
| population region | area based on where people live |
| urban | like a city |
| suburban | of or like the area of smaller cities or towns around a large city. |
| rural | like or having to do with a place away from a city |
| crossroads | a place that connects people, goods and ideas |
| metropolitan area | a large city and the suburbs that surround it. |
| absolute location | The exact location of a place on Earth, either a postal location or its lines of latitude and longitude. |
| lines of longitude | lines on a map or globe that run north and south; also called meridians |
| parallel | A line of latitude. It is called this because parallels are always the same distance from one another. |
| lines of latitude | lines on a map or globe that run east and west; also called parallels |
| meridian | A line of longitude that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole |
| modify | to change |
| irrigation | The use of canals, ditches, or pipes to move water to dry areas. |
| renewable | Able to be made or grown again by nature or people. |
| land use | The way in which most of the land in a place is used. |
| political region | An area that shares a governement and leaders. |
| natural resource | Something found in nature that people can use |
| fertilizer | Matter added to the soil to make it produce more crops |
| nonrenewable | not able to be made again quickly by nature or people |
| erosion | The wearing down of Earth's surface, usually by wind or water |
| relative location | The position of one place in relation to another. |
| economic region | An area defined by the kind of work people do or the products they produce. |
| prime meridian | the meridian marked 0 degrees that runs north and south through Greenwich, England |
