| Term | Definition |
|---|
| absolute location | The position or place of a certain item on the surface of the Earth as expressed in degrees, minutes, and seconds of latitude. |
| area | A term that refers to a part of the Earth's surface with less specificity then region. |
| boundary | limits |
| diffusion | The spatial spreading or dissemination of a culture element or some other phenomenon. |
| distribution | the spreading out of |
| environmental geography | A subdivision of geography concerned with the realtionships and interactions between humans and the environment. |
| environmental perception | The total impression individuals have of their surrouindings which create a mentel map. |
| formal region | A type of region marked by a certain degree of homogeneity in one or more phenomena. |
| functional region | A region defined by the particular set of activitiesor interations that occur within it. |
| geographic information systems | A collection of computer hardware and software that permits spatial data to be collected, recorded, stored, retrieved, manipulated, and displayed to the user. |
| hierarchy | An order or graduation of phenomena, with each level or rank subordinate to the one above it and superior to the one below. |
| human-environment interactions | the relationship between humans and the natural world. |
| human geography | One of the two major divisions of geography; the spatial analysis of human population, their cultures, activities, and landscapes. |
| landscape | The overall appearance of an area. |
| spatial perspective | a way of looking at the world's and the Earth's layout. |
| relative location | The regional position or situation of a place relative to the position of other places. Distance, accessibility, and connectivity affect it. |
| location theory | A logical attempt to explain the locational pattern of an economic activity and the manner in which its producing areas are interrelated |
| map | an incredibly useful geographic tool. |
| mental map | Image or picture of the way space is organized as determined by an individual's perception, impression, and knowledge of that space. |
| movement | the mobility of people, goods and ideas across the surface of the planet. |
| pattern | an overall repetition of a particular sequence |
| perceptual region | A region that only exists as a conceptualization or an idea and not as a physically democrated entity. |
| physical (natural) geography | One of the two major divisions of systematic geography; the spacial analysis of the structure, process, and location of the Earth's natural phenomena such as climate, soil, plants, animals, and topography. |
| place | a single point on the planet. |
| regional science | Discipline that emphasizes the application of modern spatial analytical techniques to the delimination of regions and the analysis of regional problems and issues. |
| formal regions | A type of region marked by a certain degree of homogeneity in one or more phenomena. |
| remote sensing | A method of collectiong data or information through the use of instruments that are physically distant from the area or object of study. |
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