CARTOGRAPHICAL TOOLS

Cartographical tools are one of the most important

tools on Earth. They help us find places. They show us

Earth's mountains and oceans.There are 4 important

cartographical tools:

MAP

WORLDMAP

GLOBE

PLANE

CARTOGRAPHICAL TOOLS

MAP

WORLDMAP

GLOBE

PLANE

CARTOGRAPHICAL TOOLS

To read a map, you need to understand its different parts.

First part of a map it´s the TITLE. The title tells you what the map is showing.

A COMPASS ROSE helps you find direction. A simple compass rose may look like a star. At the ends

of the corners the four CARDINAL DIRECTIONS would be listed. They are north, south, east, and west. The top corner

would point to the top of the map, which is north. The bottom corner points south to the bottom of the

map.

COLOMBIAN´S MAP

CARTOGRAPHICAL TOOLS

The next important part of the map is the symbols. Symbols are the points, lines, and patterns that are listed in the map key. The key is a box located in one of the bottom corners of the map.

CARTOGRAPHICAL TOOLS

TITLETITLE

MAP KEY

COMPASS ROSE AND CARDINAL

DIRECTIONS

NATURAL AND CULTURAL LANDSCAPES

LANDSCAPE IS EVERYTHING AROUND

US; TREES, MOUNTAINS, STREETS, ETC. THERE ARE TWO

TYPES OF LANDSCAPES:

NATURAL LANDSCAPE: IS THE SPACE THAT

HASN´T BEEN TRANSFORMED BY

HUMANS

CULTURAL LANDSCAPE: IS THE

SPACE THAT HAD BEEN TRANSFORMED

BY HUMANS

MAIN USES OF THE SOIL

NATURAL AND CULTURAL LANDSCAPES

NATURAL LANDSCAPE

CULTURAL LANDSCAPE

COLOMBIAN´S NATURAL REGIONS

Because of its natural structure, Colombia is divided into five natural regions. These consist of the Andean region, covering the three branches of the Andes mountains in Colombia; the Caribbean region, covering the area adjacent to the Caribbean sea; the Pacific region adjacent to the Pacific Ocean; the Orinoquia region, part of the Llanos plains mainly in the Orinoco river basin along the border with Venezuela; and the Amazon region, part of the Amazon rainforest

COLOMBIAN´S NATURAL REGIONS

CARIBBEAN

PACIFIC

ANDEAN

ORINOQUIA

AMAZON

COLOMBIAN´S DEPARTMENTS

Colombia is divided into 32 departments

ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDSEnvironmental hazards are those risks that we can live because

of the nature. We can find many different hazards like:

EARTHQUAKE

TREMOR

TSUNAMI FLOOD

HURICANE