The diagram below shows how the elevation above sea-level (in m) varies over a landscape, with...

 

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The diagram below shows how the elevation above sea-level (in m) varies over a landscape, with and y coordinates measured in kilometres relative to a field station located at (0,0). -2 2 y YA 3 0 1 6 8 3 10 12 14 16 18 X (a) Approximate the rate at which the elevation changes in the art and y directions at the point (2.0). (b) You walk in a straight line from the field station at (-0.6, 1) (indicted by the black dot), to the first exper- iment site at grid coordinates (4,0) and then to a second experiment site at (0, 3), before returning to the field station. Describe how the elevation changes as you follow this path. The diagram below shows how the elevation above sea-level (in m) varies over a landscape, with and y coordinates measured in kilometres relative to a field station located at (0,0). -2 2 y YA 3 0 1 6 8 3 10 12 14 16 18 X (a) Approximate the rate at which the elevation changes in the art and y directions at the point (2.0). (b) You walk in a straight line from the field station at (-0.6, 1) (indicted by the black dot), to the first exper- iment site at grid coordinates (4,0) and then to a second experiment site at (0, 3), before returning to the field station. Describe how the elevation changes as you follow this path.

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The x and y coordinates are measured in kilometers relative to a field station located at 00 The contour lines connect points that have the same elevation The steeper the spacing of the contour lines ... View the full answer