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Geography - Coggle Diagram
Geography
Main Concepts
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Interconnection: Refers to the links between all living and non-living things, on a local or global level.
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Place: Refers to parts of the earth surface given meaning by people. It refers to both natural and built/human space environments.
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Mapping Skills
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Oceans: Body of salt water, that covers 71% of the earths surface.
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Scale: Helps to show the size of the map, and the distances between points in the map.
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knowledge
Physical maps: show the names and locations of natural (physical) features on earth such as deserts, mountains, rivers, lakes, etc.
Political maps: show the locations and names of built (cultural) features on earth such as states, major cities, etc.
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Thematic maps: these focus on a topic such as locations of coal/gas, drinking water locations, types of crops and animals farmed in Australia, etc.
Weather maps: these show conditions in the atmosphere, such as air pressure, wind speed, or locations of warm and cold fronts
landscapes and landforms
6 types
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human: created by people and provide evidence of human settlement incorporates some natural geographic features
coastal: where a land mass meets the sea shaped by wind, waves and erosion
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mountain: formed by tectonic plates pushing against each other, land is pushed up in a vertical direction
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values
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spiritual: for example, indigenous Australians value country.
aesthetic: for example, desert areas that have iron ore deposits in the soil can be mined. Because they are often permanently changes
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mapping skills
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scale: the relationship (or ratio) between distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the ground.
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