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Coordinate
System
System used to locate
places
on
Earth
Latitude
Horizontal imaginary lines that run from
East
to
West
of a map or globe
Longitude
Vertical imaginary lines that run from
north
and
south
of a map or globe
The Equator is
0°
Latitude
Climate zones
Tropics
Northern Temperate
Zone
Southern Temperate
Zone
Polar
/
Frigid
Zones
The
Prime Meridian
is
0°
Longitude
The Western Hemisphere is
west
of the
Prime
Meridian,
the Eastern Hemisphere is east of the
Prime
Meridian
Archipelago
An area of a group or chain of
islands
surrounded by bodies of
waters
The
Philippines
is an archipelago with 7,641 islands, the main islands being Luzon,
Visayas
and Mindanao
Major landforms in the Philippines
Cape
Headland
Peninsula
Mountain
range
Mountain
Volcano
Valley
Plateau
Hill
Plains
Wetland
Cape
A large, narrow
elevated
landform
that
extends
into the body of water such as ocean, river or lake
Headland
A
type
of
peninsula,
usually high and extends out to a large body of water
Peninsula
A
piece
of
land
surrounded
by a body of water but connected to a
mainland
via an
isthmus
Mountain
range
A chain of mountains bordered by
high lands
or separated from other mountains by
valleys
Mountain
A
large
landform
that
stretches
above the surrounding land usually in the form of a
peak
Volcano
An
opening
of the planet surface, releasing magma or
pyroclastic
materials, which are ejected by explosive or
effusive
means
Valley
A
long
depression
in the surface of a land that usually contains a
river
Plateau
An
area
of
high
land
usually consisting of relatively
flat
terrain
Hill
A
landform
surrounding a terrain, such as the Chocolate Hills of
Bohol
Plains
Flat lands
, such as the Central Luzon Plains,
Manila Calabarzon
, and Catbalogan Plains of western Samar
Wetland
An area of land wherein the
soil
is saturated with
moisture
either permanently or seasonally
Bodies of water surrounding the
Philippines
Luzon Strait
Philippine Sea
Pacific Ocean
West
Philippine
Sea
/South China Sea
Celebes Sea
Sulu Sea
Bodies of water in the Philippines
Channel
Strait
Sea
Bay
Lake
River
Gulf
Channel
A wide strait or waterway between two
landmasses
that lie close to each other
Strait
A
narrow passage
of
water
connecting two seas or two other large areas of water
Sea
A large body of
salt
water, saline water connected to an
ocean
Bay
An
area of water mostly surrounded by land, generally calmer
water
Lake
A body of
fresh
or
salt
water of considerable size that is surrounded by land
River
A
natural
flowing watercourse, usually a
freshwater
stream
Gulf
A large bay that is an
arm
of an
ocean
or sea, such as the
Panay
Gulf