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topological relationships  

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  • Topological relationships are the qualitative relationships of geographic objects that are not affected by continuous distortion, such as translation, rotation, scale, or skew. These relationships are said to exhibit a property known as topological invariant. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Topological Relationships]

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