The document describes various types of maps, including physical maps, political maps, and nautical charts, detailing their features and uses. It covers geographical concepts such as longitudes, latitudes, and cardinal points, as well as significant Earth features such as the equator, poles, and various landforms. Additionally, it explains climatic zones and provides definitions of key geographical terms.

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2. Physical Maps
a rectangular flat map that
features the natural geophysical
features of the earth’s land mass, such
as terrestrial elevations, plateaus,
valleys, rivers and the like.

3. Physical Maps

4. Political Maps
a rectangular flat map that
features the political boundaries of the
different countries of the world.

5. Political Maps

6. Nautical Charts
a rectangular flat map that provide
general indications of the ocean’s depth
in fathoms and the characteristics of the
sea bottom (sandy, coral, mud).

7. Nautical Chart

8. Flat Maps
do not give accurate distances from
east to west or vise versa, sometimes
greatly distorted.

9. Fathom
unit of measurement of the sea depth.
One fathom equals 6 feet
Globe
a sphere that shows either the
geophysical features of the earth’s land
mass or the political boundaries of the
different countries of the world. The only
truly accurate map

10. Circles
the circumference of the earth is
divided into 360 degrees. Longitudes and
Latitudes are separated by fifteen (15)
degrees. Therefore a degree is the unit
that measures distances between
Latitudes or Longitudes.

11. Cardinal Points
there are four cardinal points in a compass –
North, East, South and West
Longitudes
are imaginary lines that stretching from
North Pole to South Pole.
Latitudes
Are imaginary lines stretching from the Prime
Meridian West up to the International Date Line.

12. Zone
is the area between two longitudes
Prime Meridian
is the first meridian or the first Longitude.
Is also referred to as Greenwich Meridian Time.
International Date Line
is the last meridian or where the +180
degrees and the -180 meet.

13. Equator
is the imaginary line that encircles the
middle (the waist) of the earth. It is equidistant
from the North and South Poles.
Northern Hemisphere
is all the area north of the equator
Southern Hemisphere
is all the area south of the equator

14. Temperate Zones
are the areas between the North Pole and
the Tropic of Cancer and areas between the
Tropic of Capricorn and the South Poles. Here
the wind normally blows from west to east, and
is called Temperate Winds.

15. Temperate Zones

16. Tropical Zones
are areas between the Tropic of Cancer
and the Equator in the north and between the
Equator and the Tropic of Cancer in the South.
Here the wind normally blows from east to
west, and called Trade Winds.

17. Tropical Zones

18. Tropic of Cancer
An imaginary line 23 degrees north of the
Equator that encircles the earth.
Tropic of Capricorn
An imaginary line 23 degrees south of the
Equator that encircles the earth.

19. North Pole
is the top of the earth. The true north. This is
where Arctic is.
Magnetic North
is the direction all compasses point to.
South Pole
is the bottom of the earth. This is where
Antarctic is.

20. Continents
are large masses of land

21. Archipelago
a number of
islands
surrounded
by water

22. Cape
a projection of
land into water

23. Elevation
the height of
land above
the sea level

24. Islands
bodies of land
surrounded by
water

25. Isthmus
a narrow strip of
land between
two large
bodies of water

26. Mountains
elevated terrestrial
masses that are
peaked and
serrated

27. Plateau
Elevated terrestrial
mass that is flat

28. Peninsula
Large projection of
land into water

29. Volcano
Elevated
terrestrial
masses that
spew lave
and other
material
when active

30. Oceans
are large
bodies of
water.
Oceans
make up
of 2/3 of
the
earth’s
surface.

31. Bay
body of water
that protrudes
into land

32. Gulf
Large bodies of
water that
protrude into
land

33. Fjords
Narrow inlets of sea
between cliffs or
steep slopes

34. Lakes
Bodies of water
surrounded by
land

35. Rivers
Streams of water
that empty into
the seas or
oceans

36. Seas
Next largest to
the oceans are
the seas

37. Strait
Water passages
between bodies of
land

38. Scale
The comparative measurement
on the map v.v. actual
measurement