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meridian

Geography; Geography

A meridian is a circular arc (a great circle) of longitude that meets at the north and south poles and connects all places of the same longitude. The prime meridian (0 degrees longitude) passes ...

mesa

Geography; Geography

A mesa is a land formation that has a flat area onthe top and steep walls - mesas usually occur in dry areas.

mercator projection

Geography; Geography

A Mercator projection is a type of rectangular map (a cylindrical projection) in which the true compass directions are kept intact (lines of latitude and longitude intersect at right angles), but ...

marsh

Geography; Geography

A marsh is a type of freshwater, brackish water or saltwater wetland that is found along rivers, pond, lakes and coasts. Marsh plants grow up out of the water.

There are many ways of making maps. Since a map is a 2-dimensional representation of a curved surface (a globe), the map cannot be perfectly accurate. These map-making methods are called projections ...

map scale

Geography; Geography

The scale of a map is the ratio between the distance between two points found on the map as compared to the actual distance between these points in the real world.

map

Geography; Geography

A map is a graphic representation of a place. There are many different types of maps that have different uses. Since a map is 2-dimensional representation of a 3-dimensional world, compromises must ...