contour what?! how to read and understand topographic maps

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Contour What?!

How to read and understand topographic maps

What is a topographic map?

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What is a topographic map?

• A topographic maps shows the shape of a landscape • Topography = “shape of land”• Elevation = height above sea level

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What is a contour line?

Contour lines are continuous lines used on a topo map in order to show points of the same elevation

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What is a contour?Major/Index Contour line

labeled with elevation above sea level

Contour Interval the elevation change between any two contour lines

What is the elevation on point A on your map?

What is the contour interval on this map?

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What is the contour interval?Determine the contour interval for the following 4 topographical maps

Map A

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Map B

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Map C

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Map D

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Identifying slope steepness

• What do you notice about the contour lines that represent the steep slope of the mountain?

When the slope or angle of a mountain side increases, the contour lines are located closer together

• What about the gentle slopes?

When there is less slope or the slope is more gentle the contour lines are further apart

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Courbe_niveau.svg

steepslope

gentle slope

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Activity: Identifying slope steepness

1. Draw the side view of the mountain represented by this contour map

2. Discuss with a partner; Which side has the most steep slope, and which side has the least steep slope

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Identifying slope steepness

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Activity:Contour This!

Match the numbered contour maps with its correct landscape profile

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Direction of water flow

What do you observe about the contour lines regarding the flow of the water?

Water flows perpendicular to the contour lines

Rivers also flow downhill through the concave part of the contour

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Contour this!

Which direction does the river

flow?

• Where is the river?• Which direction does

the river flow?http://www.cibolasar.org/minilessons/nav_lesson/USMC_mapfigs.jpg

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