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The height and shape of the land, including its slopes.

The shape of the land, including its height and how steep or gentle its slopes are.

The UK contains mountains, rolling hills, low plains and river valleys. These differences make up its relief: the height and shape of the land. A rugged landscape has broken, rocky and uneven terrain, whereas a gently rolling landscape has smoother slopes.

The height and variation in height of the land.

For an explanation, link processes: plate collision → folding and uplift → mountain building; resistant rocks → slower erosion → upland relief.

Support a geology–relief explanation with both a rock type and evidence of height or slope, rather than simply stating that an area is upland.

A lake or pointed summit alone does not prove glaciation. Look for a combination of landforms and relief.

The height and shape of the land.

The height and shape of the land, including hills, valleys and slopes.

The height and shape of the land surface.

The height and shape of the land, including differences in elevation.

The shape of the land, including its height and the steepness of its slopes.

The height and shape of the land, including differences in elevation and steepness.

The height and shape of the land, including its slopes, ridges and valleys.

The height and shape of the land.

The height and shape of the land, including differences in elevation.

Lowland landscapes have relatively low ground and generally gentler slopes. These differences in the height and shape of the land are called relief.

The height and shape of the land, including differences between higher and lower areas.

The differences in height from place to place on the land’s surface.

The height and shape of the land, including differences in elevation and steepness.

The height and shape of the land, including variations between hills, valleys and flatter areas.

The shape and height of the land surface.

The height and shape of the land, including variations in elevation and the steepness of slopes.

To understand their distribution, begin with relief: the height and shape of the land.

The height and shape of the land, including differences between mountains, hills and lowlands.

The height and shape of the land.

The height and shape of the land, including slopes, mountains and valleys.

Relief

Definition

How each exam board covers it

AQA GCSE Geography · 8035

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Edexcel GCSE Geography A · 1GA0

Edexcel GCSE Geography B · 1GB0

OCR GCSE Geography B · J384

Definition

How each exam board covers it

AQA GCSE Geography · 8035

Exam tips

Related key terms

Revise Geography with GradeGen

Edexcel GCSE Geography A · 1GA0

Edexcel GCSE Geography B · 1GB0

OCR GCSE Geography B · J384