Amap blank, or key, explains the meaning of symbols that represents earth or a part of it

Cartographers use symbols torepresent geographic features. ... A map usually has a legend, or key, that gives the scale of the map andexplains what the various symbols represent. Some maps show relief, or changes in elevation. A common way to show relief is contour lines, also called topographic lines

the earthquake in haiti was a magnitude of 7.0 according to the u.s geological survey yet the smaller earthquake in haiti killed more than 200,000 and left more than 1.2 million people homeless. the chile earthquake was a magnitude of 8.8 and 500 times more stronger but chile's earthquake only injured 712 people.

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