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| The Robinson projection has minor distortions. The sizes and shapes near the eastern and weastern edges of teh map are accurate, and the outlines of the continents appear much as they do on the globe. However, the shapes of the polar areas appear somewhat distorted. |
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| Contour lines connect all the all ponits of land equal elevation. |
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| An unverified story handed down from earlier times, especially one popularly believed to be historical. |
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| pattern formed as the lines of latitude and longitude cross one another. |
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| a projection of the globe onto a flat map using a grid of lines of latitude and longitude |
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| A cylindrical map projection in which the meridians and parallels of latitude appear as lines crossing at right angles and in which areas appear greater farther from the equator. |
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| The art or technique of making maps or charts |
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| human enviroment interaction |
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| The study of the interelationship between people and their phyical ehnviroment |
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| The variations in elevation of an area of the earth's surface |
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| The angular distance north or south of the earth's equator, measured in degrees along a meridian, as on a map or globe. |
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