Map vocabulary

Physical Features

• the imaginary circle around the earth that is halfway between the North and South Poles

• a map reference indicating a location in terms of a series of vertical and horizontal grid lines identified by numbers or letters

• an imaginary line around the earth parallel to the equator and about twenty-three degrees south of it

• natural things that you can see all around you. eg. seas, mountains and rivers

Arctic zone

• the section of the earth's surface lying between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole

• distance on the earth's surface east or west of an imaginary line on the globe that goes from the north pole to the south pole

• the region around the south pole

• an imaginary line around the earth parallel to the equator and about twenty-three degrees south of it, representing the southernmost latitude at which the sun is ever directly overhea

Latitude

• distance on the earth's surface east or west of an imaginary line on the globe that goes from the north pole to the south pole

• the distance between the equator and a point north or south on the earth's surface. This distance is measured in degrees

• the imaginary circle around the earth that is halfway between the North and South Poles

• an imaginary line around the earth parallel to the equator and about twenty-three degrees north of it, representing the northernmost latitude at which the sun is ever directly overhead

Tropic of cancer

• an imaginary line around the earth parallel to the equator and about twenty-three degrees south of it, representing the southernmost latitude at which the sun is ever directly overhead

• the distance between the equator and a point north or south on the earth's surface. This distance is measured in degrees

• an imaginary line around the earth parallel to the equator and about twenty-three degrees north of it, representing the northernmost latitude at which the sun is ever directly overhead

• a map reference indicating a location in terms of a series of vertical and horizontal grid lines identified by numbers or letters

Equator

• the distance between the equator and a point north or south on the earth's surface. This distance is measured in degrees

• the region around the south pole: Antarctica and surrounding waters

• the meridian passing through Greenwich, England, used as a starting line for the measurement of longitude east and west

• the imaginary circle around the earth that is halfway between the North and South Poles

Grid references

• a location in terms of a series of vertical and horizontal grid lines identified by numbers or letters

• natural things that you can see all around you. eg. seas, mountains and rivers. They would be here even if there were no people around

• either of two halves of the earth. A hemisphere is formed by dividing the earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres at the equator, or into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres at a meridian

• the region around the south pole: Antarctica and surrounding waters

Tropic of capricorn

• an imaginary line around the earth parallel to the equator and about twenty-three degrees south of it, representing the southernmost latitude at which the sun is ever directly overhead

• distance on the earth's surface east or west of an imaginary line on the globe that goes from the north pole to the south pole

• an imaginary line around the earth parallel to the equator and about twenty-three degrees north of it, representing the northernmost latitude at which the sun is ever directly overhead

• the imaginary circle around the earth that is halfway between the North and South Poles

Longitude

• the distance between the equator and a point north or south on the earth's surface. This distance is measured in degrees

• the meridian passing through Greenwich, England, used as a starting line for the measurement of longitude east and west

• distance on the earth's surface east or west of an imaginary line on the globe that goes from the north pole to the south pole

• a map reference indicating a location in terms of a series of vertical and horizontal grid lines identified by numbers or letters

Antarctic zone

• the section of the earth's surface lying between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole

• the imaginary circle around the earth that is halfway between the North and South Poles

• the region around the south pole

• either of two halves of the earth. A hemisphere is formed by dividing the earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres at the equator, or into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres at a meridian

Hemisphere

• the region around the south pole

• either of two halves of the earth

• the distance between the equator and a point north or south on the earth's surface

• a line passing through Greenwich, England, used as a starting line for the measurement of longitude east and west