🗺️ Part 1: Identifying Coastal Features

1. Match the Māori and English terms for coastal features by drawing lines:

Takutai moana

Awa

Motu

Whanga

Harbour/Bay

Island

Coastline

River mouth

2. Which coastal feature is formed by wave erosion cutting into rock?

Sand dune

Cliff

Estuary

Beach

3. On a map with a scale of 1:50,000, if two headlands are 4cm apart, what is the real distance between them?

2 kilometres

20 kilometres

200 metres

4 kilometres

4. Select all features you would typically find at a river mouth (awa):

Estuary

Sand bar

Sea cliffs

Mudflats

🧭 Part 2: Map Reading and Direction

5. If Piha Beach is located 25km west of Auckland city centre, and you're standing at Auckland looking towards Piha, which compass direction would you face?

Compass direction: _______________

6. Explain why estuaries (where awa meet the sea) were traditionally important to Māori communities. Include at least two reasons.

7. Using the map legend symbols, draw the correct symbol for each coastal feature:

Cliff: ________________

Sandy beach: ________________

Rocky shore: ________________

Sand dunes: ________________

🎯 Part 3: Application and Analysis

8. Describe how the principle of kaitiakitanga (guardianship) applies to protecting coastal environments. Give one specific example.

9. Extension: If you were creating a coastal management plan for a local beach, list three factors you would need to consider using both mātauranga Māori and modern science.

10. Complete this sentence about map scales:

A map scale of 1:25,000 means that 1 centimetre on the map represents _______ metres in real life, making it _______ detailed than a 1:50,000 scale map.

Coastal Features Map Reading

Coastal Features Map Reading

🗺️ Part 1: Identifying Coastal Features

🧭 Part 2: Map Reading and Direction

🎯 Part 3: Application and Analysis

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