Maps and Models
Landforms
Mountains
Topographic Maps
Miscellaneous
100
Something constructed by people, such as a building
What is a structure?
100
A shape of the land
What is a landform?
100
High, uplifted areas with steep slopes
What are mountains?
100
This uses contour lines to show the shape and elevation of the land
What is a topographic map?
100
A curve or loop in a river
What is a meander?
200
Another name for a mapmaker
What is a cartographer?
200
A fan-shaped deposit of earth materials at the mouth of a river
What is a delta?
200
The bottom of a mountain
What is the base?
200
A line on a topographic map that connects points of equal elevation
What is a contour line?
200
The process by which eroded earth materials settle out in another place
What is deposition?
300
Color, shape, texture, or picture used to represent something on a map
What is a symbol?
300
A large, nearly level area that has been lifted above the surrounding area
What is a plateau?
300
The highest point or top of a mountain
What is the peak?
300
The difference in elevation between contour lines
What is a contour interval?
300
A stream that has water flowing in it only during certain times of the year
What is an intermittent stream?
400
An explanation of symbols used on a map
What is a key?
400
A V-shaped valley caused by erosion by a river or stream
What is a canyon?
400
The vertical distance, or height above sea level
What is elevation?
400
A surveyor's marker place permanently in the ground at a known position and elevation
What is a benchmark?
400
A fan-shaped landform that is deposited at the bottom of a slope
What is an alluvial fan?
500
A network of vertical and horizontal lines that form squares
What is a grid?
500
A low area between hills and mountains, often where a river flows
What is a valley?
500
Side view or cross section of a landform, such as a mountain
What is a profile?
500
The average distance between the highest high tide and the lowest low tide
What is sea level?
500
A system of rivers and streams that drains an area like the Colorado Plateau
What is a drainage basin?
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