2 Murray-Darling-Basin (Australia) – Agriculture and climate variability Scale 1 : 6 000 000 0 50 100 150 km Key (or legend) Texture solid hatched dotted Symbol Shading Inset diagram Map number Title Scale Scale bar Geographic coordinate system Elements of a map Name: Author: Dirk Reischauer Class: DIERCKE – WORKSHEET Useful words and phrases when describing map contents – physical map / thematic map – on the map – in the far… (direction) – northern / eastern / southern / western – north / east / south / west of – near … / close to … – nearby – is located … / lies … / is situated … – at … – about at … – has got the size of… – covers an area of … – stretches from … to … – extends for … (distance) – extends as far as … (location) – the mountain is … metres high / reaches a height of … metres – the yellow hatched area
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2M
urra
y-D
arlin
g-B
asin
(Aus
tral
ia) –
Agr
icul
ture
and
clim
ate
vari
abili
tySc
ale
1 : 6
000
000
050
100
150 km
Key
(or
lege
nd)
Text
ure
solid
hatc
hed
dott
edSy
mbo
lSh
adin
gIn
set d
iagr
am
Map
num
ber
Title
Scal
eSc
ale
bar
Geo
grap
hic
coor
dina
te s
yste
m
Elements of a map
Name:
Author: Dirk Reischauer
Class:
DIERCKE – WORKSHEET
Use
ful w
ords
and
phr
ases
whe
n de
scri
bing
map
con
tent
s –
phys
ical
map
/ th
emat
ic m
ap –
on th
e m
ap –
in th
e fa
r… (d
irec
tion)
–no
rthe
rn /
east
ern
/ sou
ther
n /
wes
tern
–no
rth
/ eas
t / s
outh
/ w
est o
f –
near
… /
clos
e to
… –
near
by –
is lo
cate
d …
/ lie
s …
/ is
situ
ated
… –
at …
–ab
out a
t … –
has
got t
he s
ize
of…
–co
vers
an
area
of …
–st
retc
hes
from
… to
… –
exte
nds
for
… (d
ista
nce)
–ex
tend
s as
far
as …
(loc
atio
n) –
the
mou
ntai
n is
… m
etre
s hi
gh /
reac
hes
a he
ight
of …
met
res
–th
e ye
llow
hat
ched
are
a
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