Weather Maps and Forecasting

Mission Brief #84

🎯 Your mission

Connect the place to the people.

⚡ The twist

Maps lie a little — they always have to.

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Watershed maps show how water flows across land. All streams and rivers in a watershed drain into the same body of water. These maps are important for understanding flooding.

Key facts

Remember these

1Latitude and longitude form a grid.
2A legend explains map symbols.
3The equator divides Earth into hemispheres.

Then & Now

🌍 Where things are still decides who gets what.

Question 1 of 2

What do latitude lines measure?

How sure?😐 maybe

Question 2 of 2

What kind of map shows mountains and rivers?

How sure?😐 maybe

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