• I. conduit
  • A. bi-directional
    • 1. route
      • a) path
  • (1) linear
  • (a) pass
  • (2) circular
  • (a) roundabout
  • (b) circular tourist route
  • B. unidirectional
    • 1. linear
      • a) outlet
      • b) inlet
      • c) one way streets
    • 2. circular
      • a) roundabout
• II. intersection
  • A. confluence
  • B. T junction
• III. landmark
  • A. mountain
  • B. clump of trees
• IV. space (always empty)
  • A. inside a room
  • B. inside the grand canyon
• V. place
  • A. [complete enclosure]
  • B. territory
  • C. home
  • D. neighborhood
  • E. region
• VI. topological features
  • A. surface
    • 1. lake surface
    • 2. top soil
  • B. interior
    • 1. underneath lake surface
  • C. edge
    • 1. frontier
    • 2. barrier
    • 3. dam
    • 4. cliff
    • 5. shoreline
  • D. side/end
• VII. change
  • A. motion
    • 1. seasonal migration
    • 2. searching
  • B. [processes]
    • 1. natural processes
      • a) flooding
      • b) erosion
      • c) deposition
      • d) disease spread
      • e) periodic change
    • (1) tides
    • (2) seasons
    • 2. animate processes
      • a) producing
      • b) using resources
      • c) consuming resources
  • C. property change
    • 1. temperature change
    • 2. land use change
    • 3. color change
• VIII. egocentric/perceptual
  • A. horizon
  • B. vista
  • C. center
• IX. [partitions of the world]
  • A. body of water
    • 1. river
    • 2. lagoon
  • B. sky
  • C. land
• X. geometric features
  • A. geometric features of land
    • 1. slope
    • 2. cliff
    • 3. flat, plateau, plain
  • B. geometric features of other entities
• XI. geographic features
  • A. positive features
    • 1. shadow
    • 2. forest
    • 3. meadow
    • 4. marsh
  • B. negative features
    • 1. chasm
    • 2. crater
    • 3. gap?
      • a) fissure
• XII. properties of geographical features
  • A. metric properties
    • 1. absolute
      • a) width
      • b) breadth
      • c) distance
    • 2. relative
      • a) nearness
  • B. non metric properties
    • 1. density
    • 2. color
    • 3. ....
• XIII. location
  • A. relative
    • 1. here
  • B. absolute
    • 1. place
      • a) home
    • 2. region
• XIV. [spatial relations]
  • A. containment (in)
  • B. coincidence (at)
  • C. contact
    • 1. on, support
  • D. direction
    • 1. n,s,e,w
    • 2. towards <landmark>
    • 3. top/bottom
  • E. between
  • F. center/periphery
  • G. along
  • H. nearness
  • I. egocentric
    • 1. left,right
• XV. shape
  • A. straight
  • B. curved
  • C. corner
  • D. bent
  • E. nearly closed
    • 1. lagoon shaped
• XVI. [metereologica etc]
  • A. fires
  • B. wind
  • C. temperature
  • D. precipitation
    • 1. snow
    • 2. rain
    • 3. hail
• XVII. [institutions (constructed human world)]
  • A. ownership
    • 1. of property
    • 2. of rights
  • B. tribe, group
  • C. jurisdiction
  • D. freedom of movement
  • E. buildings
  • F. [roads]
    • 1. roads
    • 2. road networks
    • 3. road signs
  • G. bridges