Topographic Map
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Latitude | The angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator.
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| Longitude | The angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian.
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| Relief | The difference between the highest and lowest elevations in an area.
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| Contour Interval | The vertical distance between the elevations represented by adjacent contour lines on a map.
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| Verbal Scale | Expresses in words a relationship between a map distance and a ground distance.
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| Distance | An amount of space between two things or people.
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| Gradient | The ratio of drop in elevation of a stream per unit horizontal distance, usually expressed as feet per mile or metres per kilometre.
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| Cross Section | An interpretation of a vertical section through the Earth's surface, most usefully a profile, for which evidence was obtained by geologic and geophysical techniques.
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| Magnetic Declination | The horizontal plane between magnetic north and true north.
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| Degrees, Minutes, Seconds | How distance is measured on the map.
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