What must my map include

Location of the Lung Hang River Basin in Hong Kong

Study area situated within Sai Kung West

Country Park

LANTAU ISLAND

HONG KONG ISLAND

KOWLOON

NEW TERRITORIES

Figure 1.1

Location of Study MapPart 1

• Annotated location Map

Part 2

• A paragraph should also state where the river is and give background information about factors that could affect the rivers channel characteristics downstream:

• Human management, climate of Hong Kong, Geological factors, vegetation/settlement in the area. (Secondary Data)

How will climatic factors affect your hypothesis?

How will geological factors affect your hypothesis?

You will need to enable a few functions on Google

1. Click on My Places and create map.

2. Go to Tools & then Options – where it says show Lat/Long – make sure it is set to decimals.

3. You will now need to locate these data collection points on your Google Map.

Location 1. (Upper course) 22.41563, 114.31409

Location 2. Pak Tam Village. 22.40934, 114.3178

Location 3. Tsak Yue Wu. 22.400460, 114.322910°

Location 4. Sheung Yu Village. 22.39526, 114.32143

5. Other points of intrest you could label on your map (you can take photos of these on the day).

Pak Tam Road pumping station 22.40298, 114.32327

Tam Chuk Wan Ria. 22.3917, 114.3160

Area of secondary forest. 22.41672, 114.31233

Au Mun (source of the river 325 meters.) 22.4278, 114.3036

6. Measuring distance. You can measure distance on Google Maps as well. The distance between location 1 and 2 is about 1700 meters. Total Length of river 3700 meters.

7. Total area of Lung Hang River Basin 3.5 km2.

Google Earth Tutorials Google Earth Introduction

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhBEzWSLQX8&list=PL5155E252C5132284

Placemarks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M0mMRMvt7s&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PL5155E252C5132284

Paths

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Owus4H7X-g

Polygons

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGGpTqkbCWo