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Tsar Russia was in WW1 together with Allies but after the Revolution it was Soviet union (SU/USSR) which contained Poland before...
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Title Orientation Date Author Legend Scale
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Roselite is a beautifully colored mineral and varies in color from rose-red to pink. However, this beautiful mineral has no uses...
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An isoline map has continuous lines joining points at the same value.
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Historic street maps exist for many cities; you can find them at the city library, local historical society or at the State...
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because its too cold for any water to evaporate and precipitate back down to earth
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They get closer together.
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it depends if the plateau is flat and there is no difference in elevation, then it would just be a "circle" or whatever the shape...
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Widely spaced contour lines indicate a gradual slope, while closely spaced lines indicate a steep slope.
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North is always at the top of the map, East on the left, south at the botom, and West on the right.
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It has numerous uses including -Hydro-electricityWater for drinking.Water for crop irrigation.Water for domestic supply.Water for...
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Blue - water Green - vegetationWhite - non-forested areaRed - land grid and important roadsBlack - small roads/trails, railways,...
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In case you get lost, and you need to find your way somewhere.
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A map scale of 1 to 5000 would show about a mile of city in a foot of map space. That is good enough to show the typical 10 - 16...
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The simplest way to put it would be to say borders move more than mountains.
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32 degrees north and 96 degrees west
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because it is connected to the us, but maps like the political map show states only
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By international agreement about 200 years ago, the zero-reference line of longitude is the Prime Meridian.
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It shows the miles of land in just inches. no it does int
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how high a piece of land is
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All 50 states in United States are north of the equator.
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Para maribo's latitude and longitude is 5 50 north latitude and 55 10 west longitude.
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To help prepare for tests
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no will never no. <who ever said that needs a brain!This one is pretty simple.The circumference of the earth at the equator is...
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The greatest width of the island appears to be near the line through Besalampy and Fenoarivo Atsinanana. The east-west extent...
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Lines that are very close together or touching indicate very steep terrain, perhaps even a cliff.
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Kiribati consists of 33 coral islands divided among three island groups: the Gilbert Islands, the Phoenix Islands, and the Line...
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Contour maps have lines along points at the same height or elevation. The contours are usually drawn at regular intervals, such...
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10 divided by (no of cm per a km ) metre
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The "scale" of a map tells you how the map displays the actual distance. This is often represented as part of the map key or in...
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Taipei, Taiwan.The Tropic of Cancer passes through Taiwan. The Capitol of Taiwan is Taipei.The answer is Taipei the Island is...
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off the Florida coast Look below Florida in the Caribbean
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"Isobar" "iso" is the prefix meaning "equal", and "bar" is a unit of pressure. Similarly, "isallobar" means locations on a map...
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from Supervisor GooberPlan: It is a thematic map showing data by area. Color or shade intensities relate to the magnitudes of...
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A weather map.no really i ment out of like a topographic map or something.
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there is distortion
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Color,symbols,dots,and/or lines.
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Mercator Projection : longitude and latitude as straight, parallel lines Conic Projection : a circular map made from a flattened...
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Bastogne is in Belgium, 40 miles due South of Maastricht, close to the border with Luxembourg.
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you can see from the top
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The tiny island of Trindade is located in the South Atlantic Ocean approximately parallel in Vitória, Espírito Santo, 1,140 km...
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A company send a helicopter or plane up in the air with big camera set and take photos of the ground below as flying past. The...
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Haiti The Republic of Haiti is located in the Caribbean basin (which, geographically, is part of North America), in the western...
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The united states and canada
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hi im madson if a boy stars at u for 5 seconds he likes you and if your not sure ask him unless your shy.
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It means the location of a public telephone.
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Give an example of a time when you had to compromise your own agenda to fit with the needs of others? = What is competency...
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The map is mainly used for travel and tourism organisation. Maps showing the location and distribution of a single phenomena/ or...
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it distorts water area
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a compass rose shows you the directions on a map (north south east west northwest northeast southeast southwest)
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Gulf Of MexicoAtlantic OceanPacific Ocean
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Types of MapsThere are several types of maps. Each show different information. Most maps include a compass rose, which indicates...
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A blue line on a map normally indicates a river, canal or other waterway.
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The Tropic of Cancer is north of the equator, near the parallel of latitude 23.5° North latitude. It is the northern boundary of...
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About 40 miles as the crow flies, but it's a pretty direct route, so by road it's probably only a few more miles.
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This a question I do not know the answer to, very hard. Look it up for yourselves, the answer has to be somewhere over the...
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See the map at the link below.
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First u gotta look in a map and it will tell u the answer cuz i am looking for this answer to this ? AND IT TOLD ME TO ANSWER IT...
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Secunderabad ---> Medchal Road ---> Tupran --->Chegunta ---> Ramayampet -->> Bhiknoor---> pondurthi --->...
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It may have been back in the 1980's when Willy Brandt proposed it, but it would probably need some tweaking 30 years on.
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Latitude: 43°42′59.72″N Longitude: 79°20′26.47″W latitude and longitude of Toronto, Ontario, Canada :...
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There are 100 centimetres in a metre There are 1,000 metres in a kilometre So a scale of 1 cm to 1 km would be 1: 100,000 You...
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Yes, it does. A graticule is a grid of latitude and longitude lines. Go figure Yes, it does. A graticule is a grid of latitude...
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Pakistan has Afghanistan to the northwest, with China to the northeast, and India to the east and Iran to the southwest.
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The closest city to these coordinates (36N and 122W) is Monterey, California.
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jantri map of bhamasara village
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The Canadian Shield, a mass of incredibly tough rock. Click on the link for a map depicting it.
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As a noun: Representation (Cartograph?) Atlas. Physical maps, Product maps, Road maps, etc. World Atlas (example)
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Poland and Russia divided up the Prussian districts of Germany after Germany's defeat in World War II.
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Maps can show us many phenomena in the environment, such as the location of burned areas, landslides, earthquakes, land damaged...
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Tokyo Disney Land, Nishi Kasai Tokyo, Kasai Tokyo, Shinagawa Tokyo
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In India Bengal tigers live in India, Nepal, and Assam.
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state and territories are shown A physical map shows mountains,deserts, and land features. A political map shows...
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You mean symbols, that represent things on a map. Yea, in a legend it shows the symbol and what it represents/symbolises. x]
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A political map shows the man-made boundaries, states, capitals, and countries. A physical map is based on the physical features...
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A polar projection of the earth shows a pole (north or south, depending on the projection) at the center of a circular map. The...
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Four provinces border Hudson Bay. They are; Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, and Nunavut.
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it is a combo of a tree and flow map 1 square is where u brain storm ideas 2 topic/intro then 2-3 blocks of reasons with 3...
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Anaximander, a Greek philosopher from Miletus who lived during the first half of the 6th century B.C., is credited with making...
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Contour interval is the actual change in elevation represented by the space between two adjacent topographic "rings". For...
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The weighing scale is a device for measuring the weight of an object. These scales are also used in science to obtain the mass of...
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A valley is a hollow or surface depression of the earth bounded by hills or mountains. . Systems of valleys extend through...
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The first person to invent the globe is Martin Behaim.
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The country that has a land border with Denmark is Germany.
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