Geography Vocabulary 1

a measure of relative position north or south on Earth's surface, measures in degrees from the equator

• latitude

• longitude

• compass rose

• atlas

the arrangement of natural and artificial physical features of an area

• topography

• cartography

• prime meridian

• compass rose

the angular distance of a place from east to west on the prime meridian

• latitude

• longitude

• equator

• atlas

a book of maps or charts

• latitude

• equator

• compass rose

• atlas

the representation on a plane surface or any part of the surface of the Earth or celestial sphere

• topography

• map projection

• compass rose

• equator

the science or practice of drawing maps

• cardography

• prime meridian

• equator

• latitude

a figure on a map, that displays orientation North, South, East, and West and their intermediate points

NE, SE, NW,SW

• compass rose

• equator

• prime meridian

• map projection

a planet's meridian adopted as the zero of longitude

• equator

• longitude

• latitude

• prime meridian

an imaginary line drawn around the Earth equally distant from both poles dividing the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres

• equator

• latitude

• longitude

• compass rose

a computer system that analyzes and displays geographically referenced information

• compass rose

• geographic information system

• hemisphere

• biome