Answer:
to find flat areas of land for building
Explanation:
Topography maps give an important indication road maps don't: the elevation of the terrain.
If you want to construct a mall, that's a large building, you need to find large patch of flat land, or at least one that is easy to flatten out.
You will need flat land not only for your mall, but also for the parking lot.
So, a topography map will give you the levels indications you need... and your engineers and architects will also work closely with topography maps on this project.
Answer:
26 cantons
Explanation:
Zürich (ZH)
Bern / Berne (BE)
Luzern (LU)
Uri (UR)
Schwyz (SZ)
Unterwalden (Obwalden (OW) / Nidwalden (NW))
Glarus (GL)
Zug (ZG)
Freiburg / Fribourg (FR)
Solothurn (SO)
Basel (Basel Stadt (BS)/ Basel Land (BL))
Schaffhausen (SH)
Appenzell (Appenzell Ausserrhoden (AR) / Appenzell Innerrhoden (AI))
Sankt Gallen (SG)
Graubünden (GR)
Aargau (AG)
Thurgau (TG)
Ticino (TI)
Vaud (VD)
Valais / Wallis (VS)
Neuchâtel (NE)
Genève (GE)
Jura (JU)
A cliff is a rock exposure with a near vertical (or is vertical) facing. An escarpment is a long cliff, or steep slope. (causes faulting processes)
Brussels is the capital of Belgium and it's a city in the center of it: almost exactly in the middle of the country.
Belgium is a country between France and Germany, in Western Europe (and South of another country between France and Germany: The Netherlands (Holland).
If you exclude the Scandinavian Peninsula you can also say that Belgium is in the northern part of the European Mainland.