Sentence:  Mandt's <WSD>micro-location</WSD> is the type of terrain (shoreline, flat, hilly), and the macro- location is the geographical distribution (coastal zone, farm zone, mountain zone). The micro and macro variables are highly correlated by definition. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (countable) A location of something within a larger area or region, such as a part of a city or a section of a river.