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This glossary of geography terms is a list of definitions of terms and concepts used in geography and related fields, including Earth science, oceanography, cartography, and human geography, as well as those describing spatial dimension, topographical features, natural resources, and the collection, analysis, and visualization of geographic ...
This glossary of geography terms is a list of definitions of terms and concepts used in geography and related fields, including Earth science, oceanography, cartography, and human geography, as well as those describing spatial dimension, topographical features, natural resources, and the collection, analysis, and visualization of geographic ...
Glossary of geography terms may refer to: Glossary of geography terms (A–M) Glossary of geography terms (N–Z) This page was last edited on 25 ...
Ill-defined terms of the Treaty of Paris at the end of the Revolutionary War left the boundary of the state of New Hampshire and Canada in doubt. The lack of a precise definition of the "northwesternmost head of the Connecticut River" as defined by the Treaty of Paris left the land that is now the town of Pittsburg, New Hampshire within the ...
List of rock formations; Strike ridge – Ridge with a moderate sloping backslope and steeper frontslope; Structural bench – Long, relatively narrow land bounded by distinctly steeper slopes above and below; Structural terrace – A step-like landform; Tepui – Table-top mountain or mesa in the Guiana Highlands of South America
In international relations, a partition is a division of a previously unified territory into two or more parts. [1] Brendan O'Leary distinguishes partition, a change of political borders cutting through at least one territory considered a homeland by some community, from secession, which takes place within existing recognized political units. [2]
Mathematically it is a space partitioning: it consists of a set of non-empty regions that form a partition of the Earth's surface. [1] In a usual grid-modeling strategy, to simplify position calculations, each region is represented by a point, abstracting the grid as a set of region-points. Each region or region-point in the grid is called a cell.
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