UK Relief, Rivers and Landscapes (READ page 2)

1. SLIDE 1 - On the map opposite mark on

 2 areas where the land is high and steep
 2 areas of gentle low lying land
2. SLIDE 5 - Whilst watching the video (Video is here) make a list of different types of

physical environment that there are in the UK;

3. Complete the map below by adding the labels in the word box to the correct area.

N
A map of the Basic physical Geography
of the UK
W E

SCOTLAND Approximate WORD BOX

SCALE
0 100km 1. Tweed
N y 2. Snowdonia
Spe
3. Southern
Uplands
Grampians 4. Avon
5. Thames
S T Cheviots
6. Dartmoor
7. Northwest
U
Tyne Pennines Highlands
Bann 8. Trent
N Y
Ed

Tees
en

Lagan
9. Great Ouse
Ur
e M
t

10. Severn
wen

Cumbrian
Der

Mountains A
Mersey
WALES

S T
ne
ND

S Ne
on
Av
LA

Wye O
G

G
EN

KEY
Avon
Britain’s main upland T
Exe
areas above 250m ASL Exmoor

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4. SLIDE 7 - Describe the distribution of physical landscapes in the UK, mention river and upland area names and

compass points

SLIDE 8 - Using the map

opposite answer the
following questions:
1. Give the compass
directions;
a) From The Hebrides
to the Pennines

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 b) From The River Thames to the River Mersey
c) From the Orkney Islands to the River Tweed

2. Use the scale to measure the following straight-line distances

a) From Middlesbrough to Exeter (the Tees Exe Line!)
b) From X (John O’Groats) to U (Lands end)
c) From Liverpool to Kingston upon Hull

3. Provide the latitude and longitude of;

a) X
b) Y
c) The mouth of the River Tweed (Z)

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