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Geography Terms and Concepts Geography • Study of the special physical and human characteristics of places or regions River Mountains Farming Beaches Oil Wells City Environment • Physical surroundings Absolute location • The exact position of a place on the earth’s surface expressed in latitude and longitude Houston is located at 29 58 degrees N and 95 21 degrees W. Relative location • Where a place is in relation to other places • • • • Examples: near the library across town over by Willowbrook Mall Region • An area that shares one or more common characteristics Human-Environment Interaction • How people use, adapt to, or change their surroundings and how the physical environment often affects humans Migration • People moving from one place to another Movement • People interacting across the globe-includes migration, transportation, and trade Diverse • different Frio River Chisos Mountains Cultural Heritage • Maintaining and celebrating one’s unique ethnic background Vegetation • Plant life Agriculture • farming Irrigation • Providing water for crops Espada Aqueduct Works Cited • www.traveltex.com • www.stockyard.com