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HOW DO TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS Name ___________________________ SHOW ELEVATION? Date __________________ Period ____ Silver Burdett Company Procedure and Analysis Examine contour maps A and B in Figure 11-1. What are the lines on the maps called? Study map A. The elevations for the top and bottom of the hill are given in meters. What is the contour interval of map A? Fill in the missing elevation for the remaining lines. Examine map B. The two contour line elevations given represent meters What natural formation of feature does the map depict? How do you know? Fill in the elevations for the remaining contour lines on map B. What is the contour interval of map B? Examine the contour lines on maps C, D, and E in Figure 11-2. What is the contour interval of map C? What is the contour interval of map D? What is the contoru interval of map E? To include greater detail on a contour map should you increases or decrease the contour interval? Study the maps in Figure 11-2 again. Note the direction in which the lines are drawn. Also note where the higher and lower elevations are markedon the maps. Using the directional guide adjoining map E, answer the following questions. In what direction does the land slope in map C? In what direction does the land slope in map D? In what direction does the land slope in map E? How did you determine in which direction the land sloped? Look at the map pin Figure 11-3. Notice that is shows an incomplete contour map of an island. What is missing fromthis contour map? What do you need to know to complete the map? The numbers next to the Xs on the map representexact point of elevation. Complete this contour map using a contoru interval of 100 meters. Curve your contour lines but not let any of them cross. To join some of the lines, you must estimate positions. What do