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Topographic Maps Vocab.

This overview of topographic maps and landforms highlights key features of Earth's surface, including lakes, streams, valleys, and mountains. It explains the concepts of wetlands—swamps, marshes, and bogs—and illustrates how contour lines represent elevation. Key terms such as contour interval, evidence, inference, and trade-offs illustrate how observations inform our understanding of natural landscapes. The information aims to enhance decision-making regarding environmental features while recognizing their importance in geography.

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Topographic Maps Vocab.

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  1. Topographic Maps Vocab.

  2. A feature of the Earth’s surface • Examples: • Lake • stream • valley • canyon • hill • ridge • mountain. Landform

  3. General term for an area characterized by a high proportion of water and watery land. • Swamp • Marsh • Bog Wetland

  4. Area that has a high proportion of water but dominated by trees surrounding the area. Swamp

  5. Awetland characterized by a high proportion of water and watery land. An area that is dominated by grasses. Marsh

  6. The shape of the land. Topography

  7. Lines that are drawn to connect all areas that are the same height relative to sea level. Contour lines

  8. The height difference between two contour lines is the interval or change in height. Contour interval

  9. Information gained by direct observation or from reliable sources that can be used to formulate ideas about the natural world or to inform decision-making. Evidence

  10. To conclude by reasoning from evidence. • A lot of people have shorts on today, it must be warm out. Inference

  11. A balancing of factors, all of which are not attainable at the same time. Getting one thing at the cost of another. The trade-off is the aspect that is given up and can only be evaluated in the context of what it was exchanged for. Trade-off

  12. Any description or measurement gathered by the senses Observation

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