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Map Skills Lesson #3
Maps for Many Purposes (pp. 16-22)
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| landforms | Earth's surface features such as mountains, valleys, and plains |
| relief | differences in elevation |
| perspective | point from which a map is drawn |
| profile | a map or diagram drawn as if the land had been cut away so that the earth can be viewed from the side |
| vertical exaggeration | showing of elevation at a scale larger than the scale used for distance |