Geography in Action Chapter 7

Ordinance Surveys and aerial photograph skills

regular area

square or rectangle

irregular area

non-rectangle or square area

even slope

slope is even and contour lines are evenly spaced out

concave slope

gentle at the bottom steep at the top, contour lines spaced out at the bottom, getting closer together as they get to the top

convex slope

steep at the bottom and gentle at the top, contour line close together at the base, getting more spaced out at the top

compound slope

steep in some places, contour lines sometimes close together, sometimes far apart

vertical photograph

camera is facing downwards

oblique photograph

camera is at an angle

top row

background

middle row horizontal

middleground

bottom row

foreground

functions of a town (definition)

services it provides

three functions of a town (examples)

education, market, transport, health, industry

education

schools, universities, colleges

market

square

industry

industrial estate

transport

railway line, train stations, roads

health

hospital

how to identify when a photo is taken

foliage, shadows, animals