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Contour Maps! MCAS Bootcamp: Day 1.

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1 Contour Maps! MCAS Bootcamp: Day 1

2 Random Fact of the Day 238,857 miles
On average, what is the distance in miles between the Earth and the Moon? 238,857 miles

3 Contour Maps Use (contour) lines to tell elevation.
Elevation: How high or low the ground is from the ocean.

4 Contour Lines They represent a change in height or elevation
This Map: Every 20 Meters Everything touching the same line is at the same elevation

5 Contour Lines and Elevation
Imagine if you drew lines around a mountain every 20 meters. Top pictures=Contour Map (From an Airplane) Bottom Pictures =Side View (Walking in real life)

6 Contour Lines and Elevation
The closer the contour lines are to each other, the steeper the slope of the hill is!

7 Circles Form Around Hilltops/Ridges
Gaps form Around Valleys/Ravines

8 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.

9 Hachure Marks (Short inward pointing lines)
Hachure Marks on a contour map show a depression or crater (sunken spot in the landscape).

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11 Topographic Maps

12 Other land forms Cliff

13 Hill

14 Saddle


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