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Cards Term equator Definition imaginary line that runs around the earth enter Term topography Definition Graphic representation of the surface features of a place or region on a map, indicating their relative positions and elevations. Term graph Definition A diagram that exhibits a relationship, often functional, between two sets of numbers as a set of points having coordinates determined by the relationship. Also called plot. Term region Definition A large, usually continuous segment of a surface or space; area. Term conic projection Definition A method of projecting maps of parts of the earth's spherical surface on a surrounding cone, which is then flattened to a plane surface having concentric circles as parallels of latitude and radiating lines from the apex as meridians. Term prime meridian Definition The zero meridian (0°), used as a reference line from which longitude east and west is measured. It passes through Greenwich, England. Term longitude Definition Angular distance on the earth's surface, measured east or west from the prime meridian at Greenwich, England, to the meridian passing through a position, expressed in degrees (or hours), minutes, and seconds. Term axis Definition A straight line about which a body or geometric object rotates or may be conceived to rotate Term latitude Definition The angular distance north or south of the earth's equator, measured in degrees along a meridian, as on a map or globe. Term hemisphere Definition Either the northern or southern half of the earth as divided by the equator or the eastern or western half as divided by a meridian.