Basics Of Geography Flashcards

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Relative location vs Absolute location

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Relative location-a place in relation to another place.
Ex: across the street from
Absolute location-the exact location of a place, coordinates.
Ex:(40N,50W)

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Latitude and longitude

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latitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the north–south position of a point on the Earth’s surface.
Longitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east-west position of a point on the earth’s surface.

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Weather and climate

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Weather- The state of the atmosphere over a short period of time.
Climate state of the atmosphere over a long period of time.

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Highland

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Highland climates are cool to cold, found in mountains and high plateaus. Climates change rapidly on mountains.

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Humid continental

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large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters.

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Humid subtropical

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A humid subtropical climate is a zone of climate characterised by hot and wet summers, and mild, drier winters. It normally lies on the southeast side of all continents, generally between latitudes 25° and 35°.

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Marine West Coast

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generally features cool summers (relative to their latitude) and cool but not cold winters, with a relatively narrow annual temperature range

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Mediterranean

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have relatively mild winters and very warm summers. However winter and summer temperatures can vary greatly between different regions with a mediterranean climate.

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Tundra

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Tundra ecosystems are treeless regions found in the Arctic and on the tops of mountains, where the climate is cold and windy and rainfall is scant. Tundra lands are snow-covered for much of the year.

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Arid

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A region is arid when it is characterized by a severe lack of available water, to the extent of hindering or preventing the growth and development of plant and animal life. Environments subject to arid climates tend to lack vegetation and are called xeric or desertic.

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Economic activity map

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Shows what resources are being produced in a certain area.

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Physical map

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Shows different physical features in an area

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Climate map

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Shows the different type of climate in an area or continent

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Global grid

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The global grid system uses both the parallels of latitude and the meridian of longitude. When giving a location in latitude and longitude, latitude is always first.

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Map legends

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A key that explains the symbols on a map.

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Map scale

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A key that is used to show the actual real life distance of two objects on the map versus the distance shown on the map

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Compass rose

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Shows intermediate directions such as north, South, east, west, north east, south east, Southwest, Northwest.

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Equator

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Equator usually refers to an imaginary line on the Earth’s surface equidistant from the North Pole and South Pole, dividing the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere

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Prime meridian

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prime meridian is a meridian (a line of longitude) in a geographical coordinate system at which longitude is defined to be 0°. divides the Earth, into two hemispheres. If one uses directions of East and West called Eastern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere.