Geography GCSE
Curved line distance
What Curved line distance means in Geography GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Curved line distance
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A distance along a meandering river or winding road, measured by pivoting the straight edge of a piece of paper along the route and marking each twist and turn with a pencil.
Topics that use Curved line distance
- Cartographic skills (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Annotation
- Cartographic interpretation
- Cartographic skills
- Contour lines
- Contour patterns
- Direction
- Fluvial landscapes
- Glacial landscapes
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