absolute location is describing the location of a place using latitude and longitude
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WHERE IN THE WORLD?
ABSOLUTE LOCATION
ABSOLUTE LOCATION is describing the location of a place using latitude and longitude
RELATIVE LOCATION
Relative Location is describing a location by comparing it to some other location (example: The United States is south of Canada)
COUNTRY
Countries are when states come together.
CONTINENTS
Continents are when countries come together they form this.
BOUNDARY
Boundaries are also called a border. A line that divides cities from other cities, states from other states, or countries from other countries.
HISTORICAL MAP
Historical Map is a map that shows how a place used to look during a certain time in history.
POLITICAL MAP
Political Map is a map that shows cities, states, and countries, and usually large bodies of water.
MOUNTAINS
Appalachian Rocky Andes Himalaya Alps
APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS
The Appalachians are the oldest chain of mountains in the North American continent
ROCKY MOUNTAINS
The Rocky Mountain Range actually represents a series of more than 100 separate mountain ranges, rather than one uninterrupted mountain chain
ANDES MOUNTAINS
The mountain range extends over seven countries - Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.
HIMALAYA MOUNTAINS
MT. EVEREST
Of the fifteen highest mountain peaks in the World, nine of them are contained within the Nepal Himalayas
ALPS MOUNTAINS
ALPS
The Alps comprise about 180 mountains,
RIVERS
Nile Amazon
Yangtze Mississippi Ganges
NILE RIVER
The Nile River is actually 4184 miles long
AMAZON RIVER
The Amazon at any one point in time has the highest amount of water flowing down it. No other river even comes close. It may not be the longest, but it is the widest.
YANGTZE RIVER
The Yangtze flows through nine provinces of China and drains an area equal to 695,000 square miles of land.
MISSISSIPPI RIVER
The name "Mississippi" comes from the Anishinabe people (Ojibwe Indians). They called the river "Messipi" or "Mee-zee-see-bee," which means "Big River" or "Father of Waters."
GANGES RIVER
The plains on the banks of this river are very fertile and is one of the most densely
populated areas in the world with half of India's population living and depending on the
banks of Ganges.