gesundheit/liana unit 1
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gesundheitl on September 13, 2009
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 absolute location | exact location of a place on the earth described by global coordinates |
| area | a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography) |
| boundry | a border, or the outside edge, of a place, such as a city, state, or country |
| diffusion | the spread of ideas from one culture to another |
| distribution | The arrangement of something across Earth's surface. |
| environmental Geography | The intersection between human and physical geography, which explores the spatial impacts humans have on the physical environment and vice versa., a subdivision of geography concerned with the relationships & interactions b/t humans & the environment |
| environmental perception | The total impression individuals have of their surroundings which creates a mental map. |
| Formal Region | type of region marked by a certain homogenity is one or more phenomena |
| functional Region | a region defined by the particular set of activities or interactions that occur within it |
| geographic information system | a computer system that can capture, store, query, analyze, and display geographic data |
| Pattern | particular arrangement of human activities or conditions |
| perceptual region | a region that only exist as a conceptualization or idea & not physically demacated enity |
| physical geography | concerned with the locations of such earth features as land, water, and climate; their relationship to one another and to human activities; and the forces that create and change them |
| place | the particular portion of space occupied by a physical object |
| regional science | disipline that emphasizes the application of modern spatial analytical techniques to the delimitation of regions & the analysis of regional problems & issues. |
| relative location | the regional position or situation of a place relative to the position of other places |
| remote sensing | The acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or other long-distance methods. |
| spatial perspective | they way geographers look at everything-- in relation to space |
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