Map
Shaded relief map
A contour maps that usues shading to better illustrate the changes and shapes of the elevations of land
What is watershed?
An area of land that drains it water to one place (Drainage Basin)
0 degrees latitude is the _____
Equator
Relief of a flat area is Low, so a _____ contour interval is used
Smaller
Two times a year the sun's energy will hit directly on the _______
Equator
Name some manmade features of a topographic map.
Cities, Building (churches, shopping centers), Roads, Train trucks
What is a depression?
A hole
The lowest and highest latitude the sun ray's will directly hit are called _____
Tropics
Relief of an area with mountains is High, so a _____ contour interval is used
What are the Imaginary, Parallel lines that circle the Earth between the North and South Poles called?
Lines of Latitude
Elevation at sea level?
0 degrees
What is a contour line?
Contour lines connect places that are the same height above sea level.
South Pole: _____ °S latitude
90°
Every fifth contour line is darker in color, why?
It is an index contour line.
If contour lines are close together this indicates what kind of slope?
Steep
Contour lines create V-patterns when the cross valley (or drainage). The tip of the V always points ______.
Uphill or downhill?
Divide definition
High point that forces water to flow one direction or another
North Pole: _____ ° N latitude
90°
Forested areas, rivers, streams, wetlands
If contour lines that are spaced far apart indicate what type of slope?
Very little
T/F
Contour lines do not cross
What is a topographic map?
A map (sometimes called a contour map) that closed loops and lines to show the shape and elevation of land
0 degrees longitude is the _______ _________
Prime Meridian
Closed depressions have _____ or hash marks on the contour lines
HACHUREs
Lines of Longitude are also called _______
Meridians