Lesson 20 of 84 · Maps and Geography
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Watershed maps show how water flows across land.
🎯 Your mission
Navigate the world like an explorer with a question.
⚡ The twist
Where you live shapes how you live — more than you think.
Mind = Blown
🤯 Russia spans 11 time zones. You could leave on Monday and arrive on Tuesday without traveling for a day.
Then & Now
🌍 Where things are still decides who gets what.
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
Scale shows real distance on a map.
North is usually at the top.
Latitude and longitude form a grid.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 2What kind of map shows mountains and rivers?
Why this still matters
Every label on the food in your kitchen says where it traveled from.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Pull up a map and find a country you've never heard of. Look up one fact.
For the dinner table
“If you could live anywhere on Earth, where would it be — and why?”
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