Waterways
Why Rivers Meander Across Broad Plains
Why rivers meander across broad plains: follow erosion, sediment and abandoned bends to understand how a channel…
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Explore Eastern landscapes through their terrain, waterways, settlements, routes and changing patterns of land use.
Routes
Ridge Path or Valley Track: Choosing a Route to Read the Land
Choose a ridge path or valley track to read landforms, water and settlement from the right viewpoint, with a clear…
Settlements
How a Village Green Fits the Settlement Around It
Read a village green through its paths, boundaries and neighbours to understand how shared ground connected homes…
Land Use
The Straight Boundary Myth: Why Old Field Edges Bend
Why do old field boundaries bend? Learn how slopes, wet hollows and farming choices shaped field edges, and read their…
Landforms
Reading Hills Through Contour Lines
Learn to read contour lines on a topographic map, distinguish ridges, valleys and saddles, and sketch how the land…