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natural barrier
a obstruction, occurring in nature, such as a mountain range or a wide river that prevents or hinders movement over it or through it
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natural features
landscape features that were created by natural processes; for example, rivers and mountains
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relative location
the location of a point expressed in relationship to the location of other points or in relation to a geographic reference system, such as the USPLS
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voluntary migration
the unforced or free movement of large groups of people or individuals from their homelands to new areas
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eastern orthodoxy
a main branch of Christianity, historically centered in Eastern Europe that does not recognize that primacy of the Pope in Rome
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foodstuffs
a raw material that can be transformed into food
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population distribution
the pattern of the distribution of people over a defined area
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primary economic activity
using natural resources: farming, fishing, lumbering, mining
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small-scale map
a map that represents geographical features so that they appear small and less detailed in comparison to other maps; frequently used to show large features, such as countries and continents, so that t [..]
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summit
the top of a hill or mountain top; more generally, the highest point of any landscape feature
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