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Location
Identifies the country’s regional location, neighboring countries, and neighboring bodies of water.
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Lock
A waterway section with closed gates where water levels are raised or lowered, through which ships pass.
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Loess
Wind-blown silt and clay sediment that produces very fertile soil.
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Long March
The 1935-1936 flight of approximately 100,000 Communist troops under Mao Zedong from south-central China to the mountains of North China.
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Longitude
A set of imaginary lines go around the earth over the poles, dividing it east and west. The prime meridian is labeled the zero-degree line for longitude.
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Louisiana purchase
The territory, including the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains, that the united states purchased from France in 1803.