No. The scale you are describing is an intensity scale such as the modified Mercalli scale. The Richter scale is in fact a magnitude scale which describes the amount of energy released by an earthquake.
is an empirical measure that relates wind speed to observed conditions at sea or on land. Its full name is the Beaufort Wind Force Scale.
A waterspout it a tornado that forms on a body of water. It looks like a land formed tornado but on a smaller scale.
If you take a look at a map, you'll be able to spot a few things, like a 'north' sign, a legend and the scale. The north sign is used to get an easy orientation, the legend is used to indicate the meaning of all the symbols used in the map and the scale is used to show distances in the map. The scale is a ratio of distance on the map to the actual distance it is meant to represent on the land. Example: generally scales are represented as 1:2000000 or 1:1000 or 1:5000 etc., and the commonly used units are cm(centimeters) and mm(millimeters). It means that one unit on the map is the equal to 2000000 units (in case of scale 1:2000000) or 1000 unit (in case of scale 1:1000) on the earth (on actual land). Let me explain how it works. If you take a ruler/rule and measure (let's say) 1 unit on a map and multiply it with the denominator i.e., 2000000 for a scale of 1:2000000, 1000 for a scale of 1:1000. So we get: 1unit x 2000000 = 2000000 unit or 1unit x 1000 = 1000 unit So it means that 1 unit on the map is equal to 2000000 units on real land. So if the scale is for centimeters, then it means that 1 cm on the map is equal to 2 kilometers on real land.
The evolution of the first air-breathing animals that could live on land
scale of 1:2500
Armadillo
with a dragon scale
a surveyor measures land to make scale drawings which are maps
storm
It has an area of 642,317 km2 by land.
A Land Surveyor
The Modified Mercalli intensity scale (or the Macroseismic scale in Europe).
No. The scale you are describing is an intensity scale such as the modified Mercalli scale. The Richter scale is in fact a magnitude scale which describes the amount of energy released by an earthquake.
No. The scale you are describing is an intensity scale such as the modified Mercalli scale. The Richter scale is in fact a magnitude scale which describes the amount of energy released by an earthquake.
Named after Francis Beaufort, the Beaufort Scale measures the wind speed as observed at sea or on land.
scale of 1/3 m