Gazetteer
A gazetteer is a geographical dictionary or index of places, while an atlas is a collection of maps typically including geographic features, political boundaries, and other relevant information. Gazeteers provide detailed information about specific locations, while atlases present visual representations of geographic areas.
The subfield of geography that studies the geography of the past and how geographic distributions have changed through time is called historical geography. It focuses on understanding the evolution of landscapes, borders, settlements, and other geographic features over time.
The term for a geographic location's height above sea level is called elevation. It is commonly measured in meters or feet.
People who make maps are called cartographers. They specialize in creating accurate and detailed visual representations of geographic areas.
That geographic region is called a "biogeographic region." This term refers to areas with distinct ecological characteristics that support the evolution of specific plant and animal species.
A dictionary. If you mean a book of maps, that's called an atlas.
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They are called index fossils.
It's found in the back of the dictionary.
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Both indexes and indices are acceptable plurals for index in English--and in that order of preference today (Authority: Oxford English Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Dictionary, American Heritage Dictionary, and about 20 others of similar standing.)
A dictionary is one possible synonym for glossary. A lexicon might be another. It can also be called a word list, a word index, vocabulary, or a definitions list.
You may obtain a list of cities by consulting the index of a geographic atlas.
wide geographic distribution and short geologic time range
A gazetteer is a geographical dictionary or index of places, while an atlas is a collection of maps typically including geographic features, political boundaries, and other relevant information. Gazeteers provide detailed information about specific locations, while atlases present visual representations of geographic areas.
Dictionary is called "शब्दकोष" in Hindi.
Well, there isn't an index in every dictionary. For the ones that have them though, I think it is because dictionaries are arranged alphabetically, and not everything that you want to find is arranged the same way. So, if you want to know measurement units for instance, you don't have to search the entire dictionary to find them. You could refer to the index, which will tell you what words are associated with that subject, and you could then look up the ones you needed more information about.