Show:
Maps
Rivers
Water
Land
Surprise
100
aerial maps
What is a photograph of a land form taken from the air
100
Floodplains
What is the area around a river tht is covered by water flowing over the riverbank during a flood
100
Meander
What is a curve in a channel or river
100
Base
What is the bottom of a mountain
100
Contour lines
What is lines on a topographic map that connects point of equal elevation
200
topographic maps
What uses contour lines to show the shape and elevatin of land's surface
200
Flash flood
What rises and ralls rapidly with little or no advacne warning, quually as the result of heavy rainflaa over a relatively small areas
200
Intermittent lake
What is a lake that contains water only during certain times of the year, such as the rainy season in the desert
200
Canyon
What is a narrow chasm with steep cliff walls, cut into the earth by running water: a gorge
200
Deposition
What is the process by which eroded earth matherial settle out in another place
300
symbols
What is a color, shape or texture use to represent something else on a map, such as a building, road, or landforms
300
Flood
What is a very heavy flow of water, ;which is greater than the normal flow of water and goes over the stream's normal channel
300
Glacier
What is a large mass or boy of moving ice
300
slope
What is the part of a hill or mountain that is at an angle
300
Fossil
What is the preserved remains of animal or plant
400
Profile
What is a side view or cross=sectin of a landform such as a mountain
400
Delta
What is a fan-shaped deposit of earht material at the mouth of stream and the ocean
400
Sea level
What is the average heights of the ocean's surface, zero elevation
400
Valley
What is a low area between higher areas through which a river or stream often flows
400
Landform
What is a shape or feature of the earth's surfacee, like a delta or canyon
500
Surveyor
Who is a person who measuresa and marks the distance, elevation, position and boundaries of land areas
500
Headwaters
What is the streams that make up the beginning of a river
500
Channel
What is the course of path the water takes in a stream or river
500
Elevation
What is a vertical distance, or height, above sea level
500
Plateau
What is a large, nearly level area that has been lifted above the surrounding area