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ghetto

Geography; Geography

Originally, the section of a European city to which Jews were restricted. Today, this is commonly defined as a section of a city occupied by members of a minority group who live there because of ...

glacial till

Geography; Geography

The mass of rocks and finely ground material carried by a glacier, then deposited when the ice melted. This creates an unstratified material of varying composition.

glaciation

Geography; Geography

Having been covered with a glacier or subject to glacial epochs.

globe

Geography; Geography

A true-to-scale map of the Earth that duplicates its round shape and correctly represents areas, relative size, and shape of physical features, distances, and directions.

great circle route

Geography; Geography

The shortest distance between two places on the Earth's surface. The route follows a line described by the intersection of the surface with an imaginary plane passing through the Earth's center.

grid

Geography; Geography

A pattern of lines on a chart or map, such as those representing latitude and longitude, which helps determine absolute location.

growing season

Geography; Geography

The period from the average date of the last frost (in the United States, this occurs in the spring) to the first frost in the fall.

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