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Site: physical character of a place Important site characteristics: climate, water sources, topography, soil, vegetation, latitude, and elevation. New York City?s manhattan island is twice as larger as today than It was in 1626. Situatation: location of a place relative to other places Valuable to indicate location bc : 1. Finding an unfamiliar place and understanding its importance. Helps find unfamiliar place because it helps locate referring to another location. Situation helps us understand importance of location. Example: Singapore Meridian: North south, longitude Prime meridian England Royal Observatory Greenwich England. Parallel East to west: latitude Equator 0 latitude N. pole 90 north latitude south is same Latitude could be measured longitude human creation
