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    Here is a cartographic term that has been talked about extensively, but not necessarily defined. Generic. This refers to the descriptor attached to place names. Examples: In Rocky Mountains, the generic is "Mountains". In Rio Grande, it is Rio. "Rio" and "mountain" and "Wadi" and "erg" aren't really cartographic terms in themselves. I believe the US Board on Geographic Names has a list of generics used in the US. I'll see if Icahn track it down.

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    Couldn't find the link I was looking for but I found these which are kinda cool. I posted them here even though it relates more to "toponymy" ( the study of place names) than it does to Cartography.

    List of generic forms in place names in the United Kingdom and Ireland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Generic terms – Antarctic Place-names Committee

    I apologize if they have already been posted.

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    I'm going to throw a few of these terms around at the next party I go to an see if it impresses anyone! lol
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    The Magnetic North and The True North move.. !!

    Here is the movement of magnetic north in the past 200 years

    And the True North Polar motion Click image for larger version. 

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ID:	70742 can be seen here http://hpiers.obspm.fr/eop-pc/, but the True North not only moves but it wanders around, currently moving away from Europe and into Alaska or Siberia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_polar_wander. In my small country of Iceland, even if the tectonics are moving the country northward, then the true north wander is a bit faster taking the arctic Circle latitude with it and moving it away from the island. Well at least according to an old geography courses.
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