MCAS Bootcamp

Contour Maps!

Random Fact of the DayOn average, what is the distance in

miles between the Earth and the Moon?

238,857 miles

Contour MapsUSE (CONTOUR) LINES TO TELL ELEVATION.

Elevation: How high or low the ground is from the ocean.

Contour Lines

THEY REPRESENT A CHANGE IN HEIGHT

OR ELEVATIONTHIS MAP: EVERY 20

METERSEVERYTHING

TOUCHING THE SAME LINE IS AT THE

SAME ELEVATION

Contour Lines and Elevation

IMAGINE IF YOU DREW LINES

AROUND A MOUNTAIN EVERY

20 METERS.

TOP PICTURES=CONTO

UR MAP (FROM AN AIRPLANE)

BOTTOM PICTURES =SIDE VIEW (WALKING

IN REAL LIFE)

Contour Lines and Elevation

THE CLOSER THE CONTOUR LINES ARE TO EACH OTHER, THE STEEPER THE SLOPE OF THE HILL IS!

•Circles Form Around Hilltops/Ridges

•Gaps form Around Valleys/Ravines

Stream or River Contour Lines

CONTOUR LINES THAT

CROSS A STREAM OR

RIVER MAKE A V SHAPE THAT

POINTS UP STREAM TO THE WATER

SOURCE THAT CREATED THE

RIVER.

Hachure Marks (Short inward pointing lines)

HACHURE MARKS ON A

CONTOUR MAP SHOW A

DEPRESSION OR CRATER

(SUNKEN SPOT IN THE

LANDSCAPE).

TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS

• OTHER LAND FORMS• Cliff

• HILL

• SADDLE