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Grade 8 8.9(C)
interpret topographic maps and satellite views to identify land and erosional...
Term | Definition |
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Topographic map | a map that shows the surface features of Earth |
Satellite view | a natural or artificial body that revolves around a celestial body that is greater in mass |
Erosional feature | |
Weathering | the natural process by which atmospheric and environmental agents, such as wind, rain, and temperature changes, disintegrate and decompose rocks |
Satellite image | |
Elevation | a geographic locations height above or below a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface |
Erode | gradually destroying the surface of rock or soil |
Erosion | the process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another |
Contour interval | the difference in elevation between one contour line and the next |