The branch of geography concerned with natural features and phenomena on the Earth’s surface.
Physical Geography
A water- bearing stratum of permeable rock, sand, or gravel.
aquifer
The description of where a place is in relation to other places and things.
relative location
The exact position of a place.
absolute location
Measurements north and south of the equator. That go around.
latitude
Measurements east and west of the Prime Meridian. They to up and down.
longitude
Half a sphere (ball)
Hemisphere
a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.
drought
The most important line of longitude
Prime Meridian
north, south, east, west
cardinal directions
northwest, southwest, northeast, sourtheast
ordinal or intermediate directions
a natural feature of the earth's surface
landform
