Topographic skills glossary

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Across
  1. 7. A place in inhabited by people on a permanent or semi permanent basis
  2. 9. The population per unit area
  3. 10. A detailed map on a large scale illustrating selected features of the physical and built environment
  4. 13. A pattern of lines on a chart or map that allows readers to determine absolute location and helps them to analyzed distribution patterns
  5. 15. The shape of the land, including gradient and height differences within a landscape
  6. 16. A measure of the stepness of a slope
  7. 18. An instrument used for measuring atmospheric pressure
  8. 19. The direction that a slope faces
  9. 20. An instrument used to determine direction
Down
  1. 1. lines used on some topographic maps to show slow direction and stepness
  2. 2. The height of a point or place above mean sea level
  3. 3. The relation ship between a lineal measurement on a map and the corresponding distance on the earth surface
  4. 4. a line joining places of equal height above the sea level
  5. 5. Lines on a weather maps joining places of equal atmospheric pressure
  6. 6. A book of maps
  7. 8. A cross section showing the relationship between difference features of the physical and built environment
  8. 11. A special kind of bar graph where the bars are drawn vertically
  9. 12. The extent to which the vertical scale of a cross section has been exaggerated in order to show any minor undulation in the topography
  10. 14. The place where something is located including its physical setting
  11. 17. The division of a map