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Physical Geography Flashcards

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Latitude

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Horizontal lines on a map measuring DISTANCE from the equator

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Political Map

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A map showing man-made characteristics

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5 Themes of Geography:

Location

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Where something is FOUND on the Earth

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5 Themes of Geography:

Place

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Describing a location with HUMAN and PHYSICAL characteristics

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5 Themes of Geography:

Human Environment Interaction

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How humans MODIFY, ADAPT, and DEPEND on their environment

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5 Themes of Geography:

Movement

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How PEOPLE, GOODS, and IDEAS move

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5 Themes of Geography:

Region

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COMMON characteristics shared through TWO+ places

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What are the 7 continents?

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Asia, Europe, Africa, South America, North America, Australia, and Antartica

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Confluence

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Point at which a river enters into a lake, another river, or a body of water

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Archipelago

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A chain of islands

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Large body of natural water completely surrounded by land

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Lake

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Basin

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Broad, flat area of land surrounded by mountains

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Canyon

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Narrow valley with high steep walls

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Channel

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A NATURE-made, narrow waterway connecting two bodies of water

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Land deposit at a rivers mouth

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Delta

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Island

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Land completely surrounded by water

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Low wet land

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Marsh

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Peninsula

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Land surrounded by water on three sides

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Narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas

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Isthmus

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Tributary

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Stream that flows into a larger river

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Map distortion

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Flat maps will always be distorted because the earth is a sphere

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Area of high flat land with steep sides

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Plateau

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Canal

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A MAN-made, narrow waterway connecting two bodies of water.

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