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The skills sampled to show candidates have achieved Outcome 2 are identified below:
♦ interpreting and annotating field sketches and photographs
♦ using a variety of maps — candidates should be able to:
- use four (read and give) and six (read and give) figure grid references
- measure straight distances
- annotate cross sections
- interpret height and steepness of slope
- describe, interpret and analyse general patterns of relief together with contour patterns linked
to taught landscape features
- identify, describe and suggest reasons for transport routes
- interpret and analyse the location and distribution of different land use zones within
settlements
- describe and suggest reasons for land use
- identify and explain potential conflicts
- use maps in association with photographs/field sketches, cross sections/transects
NB Ordnance Survey (OS) maps at 1:25000 and 1:50000 may be used for assessment.
♦ construction (by completion in assessment), interpretation and analysis of choropleth, isoline,
proportional symbol and topological maps
♦ using graphs — construction (by completion in assessment) of line, bar, scatter and pie diagrams;
interpretation and analysis of these types of graphs, including those located in maps and
topological diagrams
♦ constructing and using surveys, questionnaires and using other primary data
The content sampled to show candidates have achieved Outcomes 1 and 3 is identified below:
Areal context: British Isles
The following topics should be studied within the context of four landscape types, namely:
♦ glaciated upland
♦ upland limestone
♦ coastlines of erosion and deposition
♦ rivers and their valleys

Candidates should be able to:
1. Locate each of these landscape types. The locations which may be used in assessments are
shown on the maps at the end of this Specification (Appendix 2).

2. Recognise, describe and explain the formation of the following landscape features:
♦ glaciated upland — corrie, tarn/corrie loch, pyramidal peak, arête, U-shaped valley,
misfit stream, truncated spur, hanging valley, ribbon lake
♦ upland limestone — limestone pavements, clint, gryke, scree slopes, potholes/swallow
holes, caverns, stalactites, stalagmites, intermittent drainage
♦ landscapes of coastal erosion and deposition — cliffs, caves, arches, stacks, headlands
and bays, beaches, spits, bars, tombolos
♦ river valleys – features at different stages
a) upper stage — v-shaped valleys, waterfalls
b) middle stage — meander, braiding
c) lower stage — ox bow lake, levee, flood plain
Candidates should be able to recognise these features from photographs, sketches and OS maps.

3. Show, through the study of one of each of the selected areas of upland glaciation, upland
limestone and coastal erosion and deposition, a knowledge and understanding of land uses
appropriate to the areas studied. The land uses should be chosen from:
♦ farming
♦ forestry
♦ industry
♦ military
♦ recreation and leisure
♦ tourism
♦ water storage and supply

In relation to each of the three areas studied candidates should be able to show knowledge and
understanding of:
a) the social, economic and environmental impact (both positive and negative) of these activities
b) the conflicts which can arise between these and other land uses within these landscapes
c) the management strategies and solutions adopted to deal with the identified land use issues
d) the role of public and voluntary bodies in the management of these strategies and solutions

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