1. Coasts & Map Skills L.O. – To assess competency at map skills.
To identify coastal features from a map.

2. Relief means the shape of the land.
There are three ways to show relief on a map.
Can you think of any?

3. 1. Colour shading 2. Spot heights 3. Contours 0-10m 11-20m 21-30m 30

4. How to identify features on an O.S. map…

6. Drawing cross sections

7. Drawing cross sections 2

8. Draw your own cross section!

9. Compare the relief of these two map extracts.
Map A
Map B

10. Compare the relief of the two map extracts – key points.
Low land, high land – how is this shown.
Contour lines.
Hill tops, plateaus, cliffs?
Spot heights?
Triangulation pillars?

11. Task:
Work through the map skills questions on worksheet 7.4 Recognition of coastal landforms from contour maps and then 14E describing Coastlines.
Answer in detailed sentences where appropriate using a range of geographical terms.