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Topographic Maps
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Environmental Studies
12th Grade
08/30/2013
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latitude
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90 degrees each way to poles
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latitude
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aka parallels
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1 min
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60 sec
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1 degree
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60 min
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great circles
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divides the globe in half
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great circles
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formed by two meridians of longitude
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longitude
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aka meridians
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magnetic compass
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used to earth's magnetic field at an angle to the earth's axis of rotation
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geomagnetic poles
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points on the earth's surface above the imaginary magnet
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magnetic declination
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angle between the direction of the geographic pole and the directon a compass points
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contour interval
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interval between one contour and the next
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index line
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a bolded contour
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