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Natural
resources
- lands, water, soil and animals
Land resources
- or the soils are considered as non renewable.
Water sources
- are considered as renewable.
Dotable water
- for drinking purposes and important uses of water.
Natural
harbors
- and navigation for water transportation
Marine animals
- aquatic plants are the animals and plants that are living in the water
Renewable
- resources that can grow again or can be replaced after it is consumed.
Non renewable
- are sources that cannot be replaced once consumed examples. natural gas, coal and petroleum
Longitude
- is the measurement
east
or
west
of the
prime
meridian.
The location of a place may be described by using
Coordinate system.
you should look at the
intersecting
lines of
latitude
and
longitude
to locate
exact
places on
earth.
the starting point for latitude is
equator
which is at
latitude
0⁰
the starting point for longitude is the
prime meridian
which is at
longitude
0⁰
when writing the coordinates of a place always write the
latitude
first.
Latitude
- is the horizontal lines that divide the globe or map to northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere.
Longitude
- is the vertical line that divides the globe or map to
eastern hemisphere
and western hemisphere.
Cartographers
- long ago created a system of imaginary lines for the whole globe.
Coordinates
- are pair of numbers that describe the position of point.
Geographic
Coordinate
system
- system that is used to locate places using degrees of
latitude
and
longitude.