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An imaginary line that circles the earth halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole.
The line divides the earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. |
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| An imaginary line that divides the earth into the Eastern and Weastern Hemisphere. |
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| One of the Severn largest land areas on earth. |
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| The position of a place in relation to other places on earth. |
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| A part of an ocean or sea extending into the land. |
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| A narrow channel that connects two larger bodies of water. |
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| A narrow piece of land that connects two larger land areas. |
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| A family member from long ago. |
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| Half of a sphere such as a ball or globe or the earth. |
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| On a map the system of lines that cross each other |
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| A small map within a larger map |
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| The words that tell you the subject of a map |
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| A small map or globe that shows where a place on a main map is located, in a state, in a country or in the world. |
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| The part of a map that explains what the symbols in the map stand for |
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| The part of a map that compares a distance on the map to a distance in the real world. |
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| The direction marker on a map |
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| The four main directions, north, south, east and west. |
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| The directions between the cardinal directions, northeast, southeast, northwest and southwest. |
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| An exact position on the earths surface |
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| The set of imaginary lines on a globe or map that run east and west. They are used to show how far north or south of the equator a place is. |
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| Lines that are always the same distance apart, such as lines of latitude. |
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| The set of imaginary lines on a globe or map that run north and south. The are used to show how far east and west of the prime meridian a place is. |
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A line of longitude.
A hill or small plateau with a flat top and steep sides. |
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