mapwork words
Across
- 2. where most people engage in farming, fishing or mining
- 3. angle of 45°
- 4. vertial aerial phtotgraph with contour lines
- 7. large land mass that stretches above the surrounding land in limited area
- 9. runs from north to south, but you read left and right
- 10. a point of an exact height that is shown on a map, but is not markes on the ground
- 13. contours point upstream
- 15. river: a river that flows throughout the year.
- 16. runs from east to west, but you read north and south
- 19. a physical feature on the Earth's surface such as a hill, a spur, a saddle
- 20. the diffrence in elevation between two points
Down
- 1. a point used in surveyingg, to fix the exact height and location on the grount
- 2. scale that is also known as representative fraction scale
- 5. the difference in altitude between successive contours is known as
- 6. and eara of land, usually rounded, that is highger than the surrounding land, but not as high as a mountain
- 8. contours that are close together
- 11. contours point downhill
- 12. gentle at the top of the hill and close together at the bottom
- 14. variations in the height of a land surface
- 17. most people work in factories or in services such as banks, schools, offices or shops
- 18. when contours are close at the top of the hill and genttle at the bottom