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Topography
• How maps show topography– Hachure– Isopleths– Hypsography (water flows)– Shading– Contours
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Hachure
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Isopleths & Hill Shading
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Hypsography (water flows)
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Contour Lines
• All points along a contour line are the same elevation.
• Contour Interval is the elevation change between adjacent contour lines.
• Most maps have major contour lines at a regular interval that are labeled with their elevation.
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Contour Properties
• The closer together the contour lines, the steeper the slope.
• The fall line, or “straight down the hill” is perpendicular to the contour lines. This is the direction water would flow.
• Water flows downhill and is a major force in shaping the topography.
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Understanding Contour Lines
• The key to making contour lines useful is learning how to translate from the “bird eye view” on the map, to what you see and experience as you hike through the terrain.– What will you see?– Will you be going uphill or down?– How steep will it be?– How will these things change as you move
along your path?
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Recognizing Basic Features
• Hilltop, Mountain, Peak
• Drainage, Canyon, Valley
• Bluff, Cliff
• Ridge
• Saddle, Pass, Cut
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What is the highlighted feature?How do you know?
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What is the highlighted feature?It’s a hill top, summit, or peak.
How do you know?The small “circle” contourlines are high points.
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What is the highlighted feature?How do you know?
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What is the highlighted feature?It’s a saddle, or pass
How do you know?The “hourglass” shape withhigher terrain on either side.
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What is the highlighted feature?How do you know?
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What is the highlighted feature?Steep terrain, possibly cliffs
How do you know?Contour lines are very close together.
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What is the highlighted feature?How do you know?
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What is the highlighted feature?It’s a wide flat valleythat gently slopes up tothe NW.
How do you know?Contour lines are far apartTerrain rises on either sideWater runs down the middleHigher contour lines to the NW
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What is the highlighted feature?How do you know?
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What is the highlighted feature?It’s a ridge line.
How do you know?A string of summits all in a lineTerrain drops off onboth sides
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What are the highlighted features?How do you know?
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What are the highlighted features?Intermittent streams
How do you know?The blue line with dotsThe V like contour lineswith the “sharp” end pointing upslope and towards a summit
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What is the highlighted feature?How do you know?
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What is the highlighted feature?It’s a ridge or finger
How do you know?U or V shaped contour linespointing down slope.Terrain drops off on both sides.It’s between two drainages.
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What is the highlighted feature?How do you know?
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What is the highlighted feature?It’s a drainage
How do you know?V or U shaped contourspointing uphill.It “flows” into anotherstream or drainage
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