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WAEC Geography questions: Relief, contours and gradient

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  1. Question 1· Relief, contours and gradient· WAEC

    Contours forming a V pointing upstream show

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  2. Question 2· Relief, contours and gradient· WAEC

    On a contour map, a knoll is shown by

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  3. Question 3· Relief, contours and gradient· WAEC

    The vertical interval on a map is

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  4. Question 4· Relief, contours and gradient· WAEC

    A low area between two hills is a

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  5. Question 5· Relief, contours and gradient· WAEC

    A col on a contour map is

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  6. Question 6· Relief, contours and gradient· WAEC

    A spur is shown on a contour map by

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  7. Question 7· Relief, contours and gradient· WAEC

    Contours that are close together indicate

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  8. Question 8· Relief, contours and gradient· WAEC

    A vertical interval is the

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  9. Question 9· Relief, contours and gradient· WAEC

    Intervisibility between two points depends on

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  10. Question 10· Relief, contours and gradient· WAEC

    A concave slope has contours that are

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  11. Question 11· Relief, contours and gradient· WAEC

    On a contour map, a spur is shown by contours that form a V pointing

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  12. Question 12· Relief, contours and gradient· WAEC

    Contour lines that are widely spaced show

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  13. Question 13· Relief, contours and gradient· WAEC

    Two points are not intervisible when

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  14. Question 14· Relief, contours and gradient· WAEC

    A hill shown on a map by closed contours with the highest value at the centre is a

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  15. Question 15· Relief, contours and gradient· WAEC

    A plateau on a contour map appears as

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  16. Question 16· Relief, contours and gradient· WAEC

    Contour lines that are close together show

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  17. Question 17· Relief, contours and gradient· WAEC

    Two points on the 200 m and 300 m contours are 2 km apart horizontally. Find the average gradient.

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