Topographic Maps and Satellite Views Word Wall © 2011 Rice University – All Rights Reserved

Hachure Marks a short lines used for shading and denoting surfaces in relief (depression) and drawn in the direction of slope.

Topographic Map A map showing changes in elevation of Earth’s surface contour line A map showing changes in elevation of Earth’s surface © 2011 Rice University – All Rights Reserved

Elevation Indicates the height to which something is relative to sea level © 2011 Rice University – All Rights Reserved

Satellites An object which has been placed into orbit by human endeavor for various purposes including the ability to obtain aerial images of land features © 2011 Rice University – All Rights Reserved

Erosional Features Earth’s surface that shows evidence of the natural processes of weathering and the removal and relocation of weathered materials © 2011 Rice University – All Rights Reserved

Weathering The mechanical or chemical processes that break rock into smaller pieces © 2011 Rice University – All Rights Reserved

deposited by wind, water, ice, and gravity Sediment Deposition Solid fragments of material that come from the weathering of rock, are eroded then deposited by wind, water, ice, and gravity © 2011 Rice University – All Rights Reserved

Satellite Views 1989 2009 Images taken over time that can be used for comparison and interpretation of erosional features such as these taken of the Yellow River Delta © 2011 Rice University – All Rights Reserved

A line on a topographic map that joins points of equal elevation Contour Lines A line on a topographic map that joins points of equal elevation

The difference in elevation represented by the space between two contour lines on a topographic map. Contour Intervals