Interactive quizzes / Geography & Travel

Seen From Orbit: Why It Looks That Way

Read eight satellite-style scenes, given as original diagrams and text descriptions, work out what caused each pattern, then match patterns to land use and drainage. Score out of 8 with every pattern explained.

8 tasks2 sectionsabout 5 min

Orbit cards are invented schematic diagrams and text descriptions with their own field guides and scales, not real satellite photos. Drainage questions use the general idea that a watershed drains to a common outlet.

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