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Maps represent areas of the earth's surface and provide information like place names, land features, and boundaries. Maps can be physical, political, or thematic focusing on topics like climate, vegetation, or population. Key elements of maps include symbols, legends, scales, and compass roses. Modern maps use satellite data to depict terrain and climate accurately.
Maps represent areas of the earth's surface and provide information like place names, land features, and boundaries. Maps can be physical, political, or thematic focusing on topics like climate, vegetation, or population. Key elements of maps include symbols, legends, scales, and compass roses. Modern maps use satellite data to depict terrain and climate accurately.
Maps represent areas of the earth's surface and provide information like place names, land features, and boundaries. Maps can be physical, political, or thematic focusing on topics like climate, vegetation, or population. Key elements of maps include symbols, legends, scales, and compass roses. Modern maps use satellite data to depict terrain and climate accurately.
the earth’s surface, usually from above. A map can provide different information such as place names, land features, elevation, and political boundaries. North is usually at the top of the map, check the compass rose to see if it has been repositioned in a different direction. Physical maps indicate natural features such as mountains, deserts, rivers and lakes. Political maps focus on the division of the earth’s surface into different countries, states or provinces. Most maps in this atlas will show physical features as well as country borders, cities, and towns. Today, scientists can make more accurate maps of the world than ever before. They can use information from satellites that orbit the earth. A thematic map is one that focuses on a particular main idea (or theme). These might include: Climate Vegetation Economy Population Language Map legends are very important for all types of maps, but perhaps especially so for thematic maps. Legends can include: Symbols Elevation Scale Colour Keys Maps often use symbols instead of words to label real-life features and make maps clearer. Symbols can be small pictures, letters, lines or coloured areas. Each symbol is placed in a key or legend next to the map. The key explains what each symbol means. Climate Maps are a type of Thematic Map. They present information about climate such as: Temperature Precipitation Sunshine Hours Growing Season Climate Regions Environmental Concerns Climate is the overall weather pattern of a region.
The two major
aspects of climate are temperature and precipitation. A Climate Graph shows: A title Precipitation bars in blue A temperature line in red Months of the year Usually the Total Annual Precipitation Sometimes the growing season at 6°C
Interactive Climate Graphs
Revolution of the earth Rotation of the earth – causes seasons – causes day and night latitude – proximity to altitude (elevation) – the equator or to the temperature decreases poles ex. high latitude 1 C for every increase = lower temperatures of 165 metres wind – wind can lower or raise temperature depending on where the wind comes from
large bodies of water – water’s temperature
changes more slowly than land’s temperature; therefore the temperature near large bodies of water will be more moderate ocean currents – make the water cold or warm and thus affect the land pollution (man-made or natural) gases in the atmosphere trap heat forest fires and volcanoes can also affect temperature winds – will bring precipitation to an area
large water bodies
– will usually increase precipitation in that area air pressure – differences in air pressure cause precipitation to fall temperature – interaction between warm and cold air causes precipitation physiography – the presence of physical features such as mountains or deserts Orographic – caused by mountains, as in Greater Vancouver Convectional – thunderstorms, caused by the rising of hot air Cyclonic – the most common type, caused by differences in air pressure