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GEOGRAPHY Flashcards

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1
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Characteristics of a concave slope

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Close at the top

Gentle at the bottom

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Characteristics of a convex

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Gentle at the top

Close at the bottom

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Characteristics of a even slop

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Contour lines are even

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Do contour lines touch, cross each other, split

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No

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Do contour lines join to form one contour line?

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Yes

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What is a ridge

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Long area of high ground with lower ground on either side

Saddle is dip in a ridge

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What is a pass?

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Gap between 2 high areas of high ground

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What is a watershed

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Area
High-lying ground
Separating 2 river systems
Runs along a ridge

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What is a gorge

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Narrow
Steep sided valley
River running through it

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What is a mesa

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Flat topped hill

Wider that it is higher.

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What is a butte

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Flat topped hill

Higher than it is wide

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What is a cuesta

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Hill
Steep on one side( scarp)
Gentle on other side (dip)

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Where do the contour lines of a valley and a spur point?

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Valley: upstream
Spur: downhill

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What is an aerial photograph?

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Taken from plane

Taken at different angles

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Vertical aerial photography

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Surveying of an area from the air

With aerial camera on a stabilizing mount in an aircraft pointing downward

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Angles of vertical aerial photograph

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Oblique: angle, not directly overhead
Low oblique: small angle form vertical (<45)
High oblique: long way from vertical, shows horizon(>45)

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What is a orthophoto map

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Vertical aerial photograph
Contour lines
Other features of Topographic map
Has: spot heights, place names, route numbers

18
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Shape of settlements

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T- road joining another road
Linear- build around ongoing road
Semicircular
star shaped

19
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what is a conurbation

A

an urban area that was created by smaller towns expanding and joining each other

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