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Intro to Geography Vocab Terms

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1 Intro to Geography Vocab Terms

2 Relative location A location of a place in relation to another place

3 Absolute location Describes a location in terms of its fixed point on the earth in longitude and latitude coordinates

4 Prime Meridian The 0 degree meridian which passes through Greenwich, England

5 longitude Distance from the Prime Meridian, measured in degrees. Lines are numbered east and west

6 Equator An imaginary line that divides the earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres

7 latitude Distance from the Equator measured in degrees. Lines are numbered North and South

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