Vocabulary
The shape of the land that includes the area's elevation, relief and landforms
Topography
A method of surveying using satellites
Lines that represent elevation, relief and slope
contour lines
This is the highest landform
moutain
Land that is surrounded on three sides
peninsula
The height above or below sea level.
Elevation
This shows the surface features of an area.
topographic map
Change in elevation from one line to another
Contour intervals
Deep cuts in the earth between cliffs are called
canyons
Land surrounded by water on all sides
island
The difference in elevation between the highest and lowest parts of an area
relief
Surveying
Darker lines that are labeled with the elevation above sea level
index contours
Low lying areas between two mountains is a
valley
coast
A feature of topography formed by the processes that shape Earth's surface
Landform
map legend
When contour lines are closer together it is what type of slope
steep
plains
A wetland formed when rivers dump their water and sediment into another body of water
delta
Pictures of the Earth's surface are now created by these
Satellite images
gradual
Large, dry and hot areas of land which received little rainfall
desert
Where salt water and fresh water meet is called a(n)
estuary