Thursday, January 20, 2011

Topographic Map

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This is a Topographic map of the Grand Canyon. A Topographic map shows the elevations of places. The lines on the map are called contour lines and are at the same elevation throughout the map. This particular map is used for determining hiking paths. Hikers look at it to find out how much of an elevation change there is going to be on a trail.

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