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Details Title: learning Geography words Description: Vocabulary Total Flash Cards: 10 Created: 01/24/2006 16:04:35	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Absolute Location Definition Certian, not to be doubted Term Compass Rose Definition A device for finding direction with a pointer that turns freely and always points north Term Topography Definition the natural features of land, esp. the shape of its surface, or the science of mapping those features Term Relief Definition the projection of figures or forms from a flat background as in sclpture, or the appartentprojection of such shapeless in a panting or drawing 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 parallelof latitude and radiating lines Term Contour Lines Definition A line on a map that joins points of equal elevation Term Map Projection Definition a projection of the globe onto a flat map using a grid of lines of latitude and longitude. Term Robinson Projection Definition A compromise map projection showing the poles as lines rather then points and more accuretly portraying high latitude lands and water to land ratio Term Interdependent Definition Dependent on eachother Term Axis Definition A straight line about which body or a geometric figure roates or maybe supposed to rotate