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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. |
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area |
A term that refers to a part of the Earth's surface with less specificity then region. |
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boundary |
limits |
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diffusion |
The spatial spreading or dissemination of a culture element or some other phenomenon. |
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distribution |
the spreading out of |
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environmental geography |
A subdivision of geography concerned with the realtionships and interactions between humans and the environment. |
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environmental perception |
The total impression individuals have of their surrouindings which create a mentel map. |
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formal region |
A type of region marked by a certain degree of homogeneity in one or more phenomena. |
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functional region |
A region defined by the particular set of activitiesor interations that occur within it. |
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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. |
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hierarchy |
An order or graduation of phenomena, with each level or rank subordinate to the one above it and superior to the one below. |
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human-environment interactions |
the relationship between humans and the natural world. |
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human geography |
One of the two major divisions of geography; the spatial analysis of human population, their cultures, activities, and landscapes. |
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landscape |
The overall appearance of an area. |
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spatial perspective |
a way of looking at the world's and the Earth's layout. |
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relative location |
The regional position or situation of a place relative to the position of other places. Distance, accessibility, and connectivity affect it. |
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location theory |
A logical attempt to explain the locational pattern of an economic activity and the manner in which its producing areas are interrelated |
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map |
an incredibly useful geographic tool. |
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mental map |
Image or picture of the way space is organized as determined by an individual's perception, impression, and knowledge of that space. |
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movement |
the mobility of people, goods and ideas across the surface of the planet. |
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pattern |
an overall repetition of a particular sequence |
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perceptual region |
A region that only exists as a conceptualization or an idea and not as a physically democrated entity. |
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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. |
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place |
a single point on the planet. |
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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. |
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formal regions |
A type of region marked by a certain degree of homogeneity in one or more phenomena. |
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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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