Flashcards: Chapter One:Geography
All 25 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 place | an unusual characteristics of a location |
| Region | common characteristics of a locaiton |
| weathering | the breaking down of rock at Earth's surface |
| erosion | the movement of weathered material |
| relative location | where something is location in relationship to other locations. |
| dual region | associated with two or more other regions |
| coordinates | points of the globe measured with intersecting lines of longitude/latitude |
| longitude | measures the distance east and west of the prime meridian |
| latitude | measures distances north and south of the equator |
| equator | zero degrees latitude/divide north and south hemispheres |
| formal region | distinct region |
| grid | a pattern of intersecting lines |
| human geography | human characteristics on Earth; jobs, language, arts, culture |
| HEI | people changing or living within an environment |
| mechanincal weathering | ice wedging and seed wedging |
| meridian | longitude lines |
| movement | theme that includes the way people and goods, rivers, email move. |
| parallels | latitude lines. |
| perceptual region | defined by one's perception, opinions, and feelings |
| Tenby | town in the UK. |
| Topography | The physical geography of the land that includes lakes, mountains, rivers, canyons etc. A "Topo" Map has no human element is included-only natural landscapes. |
| Formal Region | a region with the same characteristics throughout. |
| ice wedging | a form of Mechanical weathering where water freezes and expands, breaking a rock. |
| chemical weathering | acid rain is an example of this. |
| functional region | a center region that has a direct influence in regions around it. |
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