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| a science that deals with the description, distribution, and interaction of the diverse physical, biological, and cultural features of the earth's surface. |
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| the northern or southern half of the earth as divided by the equator or the eastern or western half as divided by a meridian |
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| is not the exact location. |
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| a circle or circular band dividing the surface of a body into two usually equal and symmetrical parts. |
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| the meridian of 0 degrees longitude which runs through the original site of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, England, and from which other longitudes are reckoned. |
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| an arbitrary line approximately along the 180th meridian designated as the place where each calendar day begins. |
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| extremity of an axis of a sphere and especially of the earth's axis. |
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| angular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference: as a: angular distance north or south from the earth's equator measured through 90 degrees (Horizontal) |
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| another word for Latitude. |
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| angular distance measured on a great circle of reference from the intersection of the adopted zero meridian with this reference circle to the similar intersection of the meridian passing through the object(vertical) |
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| a great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the poles (2): the half of such a circle included between the poles. |
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| a spherical representation of the earth, a celestial body, or the heavens. |
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| the parallel of latitude that is approximately 231⁄2 degrees north of the equator and that is the northernmost latitude reached by the overhead sun. |
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| the parallel of latitude that is approximately 231⁄2 degrees north of the equator and that is the northernmost latitude reached by the overhead sun. |
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| a surveyor's instrument for measuring horizontal and usually also vertical angles. |
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| a circle graduated to degrees or quarters and printed on a chart to show direction. |
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| an explanatory list of the symbols on a map or chart. |
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| a meausurement used for a map. |
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| of, relating to, or drawn on the Mercator projection |
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| the sequence of conditions through which water passes from vapor in the atmosphere through precipitation upon land or water surfaces and ultimately back into the atmosphere as a result of evaporation and transpiration —called also hydrological cycle. |
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| the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations. |
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| a natural feature of a land surface. |
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| the action or process of eroding. |
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| an arc of the horizon measured between a fixed point (as true north) and the vertical circle passing through the center of an object usually in astronomy and navigation clockwise from the north point through 360 degrees. |
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