SHOWING HEIGHT ON A MAP Flashcards
What does darker shading normally represent?
The area is higher.
What is topographic shading?
A map showing areas shaded in different colours according to height.
What does grey or white shading normally represent?
It is the highest area on the map.
Give 2 mountainous areas of the world.
South Africa
Central Asia
Give 2 lowland areas of the world.
Australia
Eastern North America
Give 4 highland areas in the UK.
GLPS Grampians Lake District Pennines Southern Uplands
What are contour lines?
Each point of the same height on a map joined with a line.
A contour is a line drawn on a map.
What does a contour line show?
The pattern of the land.
Why are contour maps useful?
They are much more accurate.
They show relief.
What does a spot height show?
Shows the exact height of a particular spot.
They are most accurate.
Normally summits or important places.
What is relief?
The height of the land.
What does the spacing of the contours show?
The spacing shows the gradience of the slope.
What do the patterns of contours show?
The SHAPE of the land.
