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plain

Geography; Geography

Plains are flat lands that have only small changes in elevation.

A planar projection is a type of map in which the details of the globe are projected onto a plane (a flat surface) yielding a rectangular-shaped map. Cylindrical maps have a lot of distortion towards ...

physical map

Geography; Geography

A physical map is a map that shows an areas natural physical features, like mountains, lakes, and rivers.

peninsula

Geography; Geography

A peninsula is a body of land that is surrounded by water on three sides.

parallel

Geography; Geography

A parallel (of latitude) is a line on a map that represents an imaginary east-west circle drawn on the Earth in a plane parallel to the plane that contains the equator.

orthophanic projection

Geography; Geography

The Orthophanic (meaning 'right appearing') projection, also called the Robinson projection, is a widely-used type of map in which the Earth is shown in a flattened ellipse. In this pseudocylindrical ...

orthographic projection

Geography; Geography

An Orthographic projection is a type of map which is essentially a drawing of (one side of) a globe. There is a lot of distortion of area in this type of map, but one gets the idea that the globe is ...