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latitude
The angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator
longitude
The angular distance between a point on any meridian and the prime meridian at Greenwich
degrees
A position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality (plural)
north
The region of the United States lying to the ___ of the Mason-Dixon line
south
The region of the United States lying to the ___ of the Mason-Dixon line
east
The region of the United States lying to the north of the Ohio River and to the ___ of
west
The countries of Europe and North America and South America
meridian
An imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles
map
A mathematical relation such that each element of a given set is associated with an element
equator
An imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north
polar
Located at or near or coming from the earth's poles
regions
The extended spatial location of something (plural)
environment
The natural world around us
economy
The system of production and distribution and consumption
agriculture
A large-scale farming enterprise
desert
Dry land with very little rain
tundra
A vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the subsoil is permanently frozen
mountain
A large number or amount or extent
ocean
Huge body of salt water
Japan
Island country in Asia with Tokyo as its capital
Mongolia
A landlocked socialist republic in central Asia
Indonesia
A republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands
Bangladesh
A Muslim republic in southern Asia bordered by India to the north and west and east and the Bay
Russia
Biggest country in the world by area

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