Transcript Absolute location

‫خمسة‬
‫مواضيعالجغرافيا‬
‫موقع‬
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Absolute location allows us to pinpoint
the exact location of any point on the surface
of the earth using latitude and longitude or
a grid system
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Relative location refers to the way a place is
perceived and how that place relates to other
places.
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Can be measured in terms of time- “twenty minutes away”
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Important for decision-making.
Alaska is closer to Russia than it is to the “lower
48,” but that is not how we perceive it.
English descriptive notation
(absolute location)
Decisions about where to move
are based on relative location.
Absolute Location
Relative Location
Our perceptions are based on relative location.
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A college student deciding where to live in the
coming year
Deciding where to locate a new grocery store
Deciding where to locate an automobile
manufacturing plant
Deciding where to place a new elementary
school
‫مكان‬
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Physical characteristics of place:
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Topography ‫تضاريس‬
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Physical characteristics of place:
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Climate
‫مناخ‬
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Physical characteristics of place:
 Vegetation ‫الحياة النباتية‬
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Human characteristics of place:
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Agriculture ‫زراعة‬
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Human characteristics of place:
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Architecture ‫المعمارية‬
‫الهندسة‬
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Human characteristics of place:
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Religion ‫دين‬
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Human characteristics of place:
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Economics ‫االقتصاد‬
livelihoods
‫علم‬
Levels of development
‫منطقة‬
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The region is the basic unit of geographic study
Criteria for defining regions depends on the geographer’s purpose.
One place can be part of several different regions.
Texas, US, and World culture regions
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Formal regions are based on some common
feature.
The Corn Belt
Where Islam dominates
Political entities
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Functional regions (also called
nodal regions) are created by
movement.
Austin metropolitan area
Amazon River Basin
Eanes attendance area
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Perceptual regions exist in people’s minds.
‫التفاعلبين اإلنسان والبيئة‬
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Humans adapt to their physical environment.
clothing styles
Building materials
Humans modify their environment.
Open-pit mine
Terracing for rice farming
Human interaction with the environment can
have important consequences.
‫حركة‬
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Physical processes, people, goods, and ideas move across the
earth’s surface.
The geographer is concerned with the effects of this movement.
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They give us a “geographic lens” through
which to view the world.
Every unit of study this year will focus in some
way on these themes.