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Lagoon

Geography; Geography

A lagoon is a shallow body of water that is located alongside a coast and separated from the ocean by a strip of land or a sandbank.

Island

Geography; Geography

An island is a piece of land that is surrounded by water.

North pole

Geography; Geography

The North Pole is the point on the Northern Hemisphere of the Earth that is farthest north. It is 90° north of the equator.

Mollweide projection

Geography; Geography

A Mollweide projection is a type of sinusoidal projection map in which the entire surface of the Earth is shown within an ellipse. Lines of latitude are parallel to the equator, but lines of ...

Meridian

Geography; Geography

A meridian is a circular arc (a great circle) of longitude that meets at the north and south poles and connects all places of the same longitude. The prime meridian (0 degrees longitude) passes ...

Mesa

Geography; Geography

A mesa is a land formation that has a flat area onthe top and steep walls - mesas usually occur in dry areas.

Parallel

Geography; Geography

A parallel (of latitude) is a line on a map that represents an imaginary east-west circle drawn on the Earth in a plane parallel to the plane that contains the equator.