Grade 10 Topographic Map Basics - symbols and heights
By John Lanser
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7 Questions
TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS
These are the symbols used on a topographic map
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What type of road crosses the map from north to south?
What type of road crosses the map from north to south?
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2.
Name one natural water feature on the map that is not a perennial river.
Name one natural water feature on the map that is not a perennial river.
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3.
Locate the following features on the map: cultivated land, rows of trees, a track or hiking trail, an embankment.
Identify two other constructed features and two natural features on the map
Locate the following features on the map: cultivated land, rows of trees, a track or hiking trail, an embankment.
Identify two other constructed features and two natural features on the map
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Identify the spot height between Flaxton and Linford in the north-west part of the map.a) What is the height of this spot height?b) Use clues from the map to describe the land in this area.
Identify the spot height between Flaxton and Linford in the north-west part of the map.
a) What is the height of this spot height?
b) Use clues from the map to describe the land in this area.
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a) What is the height of the contour line that passes near Linford?b) Name the constructed feature that is built across the perennial river on this contour line.c) Describe the gradient of the land in this river valley.(steep or gentle)
a) What is the height of the contour line that passes near Linford?
b) Name the constructed feature that is built across the perennial river on this contour line.
c) Describe the gradient of the land in this river valley.(steep or gentle)
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a) Give the exact height of the trig beacon in the south-west corner of the Ixopo topographic map.b) What is the number of this trig beacon?
a) Give the exact height of the trig beacon in the south-west corner of the Ixopo topographic map.
b) What is the number of this trig beacon?
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Give the height of all the bench marks along the arterial road south of Ixopo.
Give the height of all the bench marks along the arterial road south of Ixopo.