landforms
A deep gorge, typically one with a river flowing through it, as found in North America
What is Canyon?
A diagrammatic representation of an area of land or sea showing physical features, cities, roads, etc.
What is Map?
Height above a given level, especially sea level.
What is Elevation?
the measurement east or west of the prime meridian
What is Longitude Lines?
The process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents.
What is erosion?
The types of maps
What is Global, models, and flat
a line on a map joining points of equal height above or below sea level.
What is Contour Lines?
Has 6 time zones
What is the U.S
Wear away or change the appearance or texture of (something) by long exposure to the atmosphere.
What is Weathering?
Type of map with correct shape of land, but area size are distorted
What is Mercator Projection?
Dipping surfaces are incised by stream valleys or canyons, their map view will make a "V" in the direction of dip.
What is Rule of V?
A line notionally drawn on the earth equidistant from the poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude 0°
What is the Equator?
A large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level; a large steep hill
What is a Mountain?
that maps all areas such that they have the correct sizes relative to each other
What is Peter's Projection ?
Parallel lines used in hill-shading on maps, their closeness indicating steepness of gradient.
What is hachure?
The angular distance of a place east or west of the Greenwich meridian, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.
What is Longitude
A natural underground chamber in a hillside or cliff
What is CAve?
Accurate land shapes and more accurate land area sizes
What is Robinson Projection?
Spacing between contour lines is related to this
What is steepness?
What are the Seven Continents?
What is South America, Africa, North American, Asia, Antarctica, Australia?