Higher Geography

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Higher Geography Drawing a Cross Section
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Drawing a cross section part 1
Draw the Line of Section
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Drawing a cross section part 2
Place a piece of paper along the Line of Section
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Drawing a cross section part 3
Drop lines from the points where the contours are
cut by the Line of Section
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Drawing a cross section part 4
Add a suitable vertical scale
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Drawing a cross section part 5
Using the scale, plot the points where the
contours crossed the Line of Section
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Drawing a cross section part 6
Join the points to complete the cross section
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Name the features you would find at points 1 - 5
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1 Arete ridge 2 back wall of cirque /
corrie 3 Tarn 4 Lip of cirque 5 descent
into u-shaped trough