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Topographic Maps
Landform Vocabulary
Landform Vocab II
Comparing Standard and Flood Stream Tables
Mountain terms
100
Connects points of equal elevation on a topographic map
What is contour lines
100
A large natural stream of water that flows into another body of water
What is a river
100
Gently sloping shore next to a body of water, washed by waves or tides, often covered by sand and pebbles
What is a beach?
100
Erosion begins earlier
What is a flood
100
bottom of a mountain
What is the base
200
A side view of a landform such as a mountain
What is a profile
200
A curve or loop in a river or stream
What is a meander
200
Eroded earth materials
What is sediments
200
canyons are wider
What is a flood
200
The highest point of a mountain
What is the peak
300
photo of the earth's surface taken from above the earth
What is an aerial photo (or bird's eye view)
300
land that is covered with water during a flood
What is a floodplain
300
The process by which eroded materials settle in another place
What is deposition
300
amount of material eroded is less
What is a standard
300
Average height of the ocean's surface
What is the sea level
400
Uses contour lines to show the shapr and elevation of the land's surface
What is a topographic map
400
the wearing away of earth materials by water, wind, etc.
What is an erosion
400
A deep ravine between cliffs often carved from the landscape by a river
What is a canyon
400
Deltas are longer
What is a flood
400
The height above sea level
What is elevation
500
Difference in elevation between contour lines
What is a contour interval
500
a fan shaped (triangular) deposit of earth materials at the mouth of a river
What is a delta
500
An area of highland, usually consisting of relatively flat terrain
What is a plateau
500
Deltas are smaller
What is a standard
500
Contour lines that are close together
What is a steep slope