History and Geography
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History and Geography
1. Trace map 2 in your copybook.
2. Shade the area showing the Central Ridge.
3. Locate and name the three mounts above 300m found on the Central Ridge.
a. _____________________________________.
b. _____________________________________.
c. _____________________________________.
4. Name the feature that you can see in the South West of Rodrigues
_______________________________________________________________________.
• The narrow chain of hills situated on the higher lands of Rodrigues is
known as the Central Ridge.
• In the South West of Rodrigues, there is a plain known as
Plaine Corail.
What I
have
Learnt
Activity 2.7
Map 2: The Central Ridge and plain in Rodrigues
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narrow elongated area highlands central ridge chain of mounts
Words to Learn
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Scale
1 km 3 km2 km 4 km 5 km
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river
plain
mount
2
Mont Grenade
(206 m)
Corail
Plaine
1
Mont Malartic
(392 m)
Port Mathurin
Key
Mounts/hills
Plains
Rivers
Central Ridge
Sloping lands
and river valleys
Scale: 1: 125 000
River Valleys and
Alluvial land
Village
Cavern
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Mont Limon
(398 m)
3
Quatre Vents
(341 m)