Calculating the Local Relief Mr Daly 28/02/2019 12:59 PM28/02/2019 12:59 PM Calculating the Local Relief Local relief is the difference in height (elevation) between two points. Because the land may rise and fall between the two points, local relief is an important concept to understand – especially for bushwalkers or hikers! A 150 160 160 150 130 140 130 140 140 130 120 110 A’

Calculating the Local Relief Mr Daly 28/02/2019 12:59 PM28/02/2019 12:59 PM Calculating the Local Relief Local relief is the difference in height (elevation) between two points. Because the land may rise and fall between the two points, local relief is an important concept to understand – especially for bushwalkers or hikers! A 150 160 160 150 130 140 A’ 140 140 130 110 130 120

Calculating the Local Relief Mr Daly 28/02/2019 12:59 PM28/02/2019 12:59 PM Calculating the Local Relief Local relief is the difference in height (elevation) between two points. We need to find out the relief between point X and Point Y X = 160 m X Y Y = 130 m Local Relief X = 30 m Y