Maps
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landforms
100
a representation of an object or process.
What is Model
100
an explanation of symbols used on a map
What is key
100
A curve or loop in a river
What is meander
100
the course a stream flows
What is channel
100
a shape of land
What is landform
200
Color or picture used to represent something else
What is Symbol
200
v-shaped valley eroded by a river
What is canyon
200
a very heavy flow of water, greater then normal
What is flood
200
a fan shaped deposit of earth material at the mouth
What is delta
200
a network of vertical and horizontal lines
What is grid
300
A line that connects points of the same elevation.
What is contour line
300
an embankment along a stream that protects from a flood
What is levee
300
a stream that flows all year
What is perennial stream
300
a line separating the land and ther ocean, elevation 0
What is sea level
300
wearing away of earth material by water, wind, or ice
What is erosion
400
A flat surface drawing
What is map
400
the bottom of a mountain
What is base
400
highest point of a mountain
What is peak
400
a side view or cross section of a landform
What is profile
400
a stream that flows only a certain time of year
What is intermittent stream
500
A map that uses contour lines to show shape and elevation
What is topographic map
500
the angle or slant of a stream channel
What is slope
500
surveyors mark at a known position and elevation
What is bench mark
500
height above sea level
What is elevation
500
the process where eroded earth material settle out
What is deposition
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