Landforms
The vertical distance between one contour line and the next is called this.
What is a contour interval?
Low areas between hills or mountains, often formed by rivers, are called this.
what are valleys?
Lines that form circles on a map usually show this landform, with the highest point in the center.
What are hills or mountains?
What is a contour interval
what is the amount that elevation goes up by
Contour lines never do this to each other.
What is cross or intersect?
This landform is lower than the surrounding land.
What is a depression?
The spacing between contour lines tells us how ___ the land is.
What is steep or gentle?
When contour lines form a “V” shape pointing uphill, they show this landfor
What is a valley?
side view of the land showing the shape and height of landforms is called this.
What is gentle?
A long, narrow raised landform, often on a slope of a hill or mountain, is called this.
What is a ridge?
A natural feature on Earth’s surface, like a hill or mountain, is called this.
What is a landform?
Engineers and planners use cross sections to plan these.
What are roads, railways, and buildings?
A smaller hill that has a pointed shape like a cone is called this.
What is a conical hill?
These landforms have high elevation, steep slopes, and narrow summits.
What are mountains?
By looking at a cross section, we can compare mountains, hills, and this landform.
What are valleys?
What is a mountain with a more round top
what is a round top hill