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Year 09: Geography - Biomes and Food Security

Watch: Sustainable Biomes

Summary: A look at the key inquiry questions for the Geography unit 'Sustainable Biomes'.

Reference

(n.d.). Sustainable Biomes : Key Inquiry Questions. [Online video]. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. https://clickv.ie/w/tSmq

Topographic Maps

Topographic maps are detailed, accurate graphic representations of features that appear on the Earth's surface... A map legend (or key) lists the features shown on that map, and their corresponding symbols.

Reference

What is a topographic map? (2021). In Geoscience Australia.

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Thematic Maps

A thematic map reflects a particular theme, for example political, cultural or agricultural features of an area. Symbols, pictures and colours are used to represent whatever is being mapped.

References

Railways Map of Australia 2014 (2014). In Geoscience Australia.

Thematic Maps (2021). In Geoscience Australia.

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Climate Maps

climatic map, chart that shows the geographic distribution of the monthly or annual average values of climatic variables—i.e., temperature, precipitation, relative humidity, percentage of possible sunshine, insolation, cloud cover, wind speed and direction, and atmospheric pressure over regions ranging in area from a few tens of square kilometres to global.

Reference

Map of Climate Zones of Australia (2001). In Bureau of Meteorology.

Climatic Map (2021). In Britannica.

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On The Shelf: These Books and More in the Library