Relief:
Relief describes the physical features of the landscape which includes:
The relief is determined by the geology of a landscape.
The map on the left is a relief map and uses colour to show the height of the land. The low lying areas are green and the higher areas are brown and purple. River Systems:
The UK has an extensive river system.
Rivers have their sources in mountains and flow into the sea. *Remember* Rivers always flow down the gradient of hill. This means that on a map they can seem to be flowing 'up' but they are not. They are flowing north. |