Contour Mapping 1. Interpreting Contours (Units Feet) = .R 950 800 850 900 850 950 1000 1050 A. 1100, WMERRICK RIVER 750 800 850 1000- 900 950 1050 Scale 1:63360 a. What is the Contour Interval ("CI")? (Include units.) 50 ft b. Label all contours. (Do so in 3 places: start on the right-side of the map, then carefully move to the middle, then to the left-side of the map.) c. Convert the RF (given on map) into a Verbal Scale (inches/mile); show work: 1:63360 Lin 12 j^\ (5280ff 65360 d. How far is it from A to B in miles? B 63360 63360 1 in 1 mi 8.125 in Rounded to nearest quarter-of-an-inch (1) Use a Ruler: Distance between A to B on the map in inches (2) Use the Verbal Scale to set up a "ratio-and-proportion" to convert "map distance" (in inches) into "ground distance" (in miles). Show work: e. What's the highest point on this map? Letter= 4 Above: 100 Below: 1060' f. In what cardinal direction does the Merrick River flow? From: SW To: NE g. What is the elevation of point C? 800 Below: h. What is the elevation of point Z? Below: Above: 750) 850' Above: 800' i. What is the elevation of point Y? Below: 900' Above: 850' j. From "A," which slope is steepest: k. to the North, South, East, or West? To the: NORTH Based on the Contours: Draw a "W" on the map exactly where a waterfall likely exists on the Merrick River.
Contour Mapping 1. Interpreting Contours (Units Feet) = .R 950 800 850 900 850 950 1000 1050 A. 1100, WMERRICK RIVER 750 800 850 1000- 900 950 1050 Scale 1:63360 a. What is the Contour Interval ("CI")? (Include units.) 50 ft b. Label all contours. (Do so in 3 places: start on the right-side of the map, then carefully move to the middle, then to the left-side of the map.) c. Convert the RF (given on map) into a Verbal Scale (inches/mile); show work: 1:63360 Lin 12 j^\ (5280ff 65360 d. How far is it from A to B in miles? B 63360 63360 1 in 1 mi 8.125 in Rounded to nearest quarter-of-an-inch (1) Use a Ruler: Distance between A to B on the map in inches (2) Use the Verbal Scale to set up a "ratio-and-proportion" to convert "map distance" (in inches) into "ground distance" (in miles). Show work: e. What's the highest point on this map? Letter= 4 Above: 100 Below: 1060' f. In what cardinal direction does the Merrick River flow? From: SW To: NE g. What is the elevation of point C? 800 Below: h. What is the elevation of point Z? Below: Above: 750) 850' Above: 800' i. What is the elevation of point Y? Below: 900' Above: 850' j. From "A," which slope is steepest: k. to the North, South, East, or West? To the: NORTH Based on the Contours: Draw a "W" on the map exactly where a waterfall likely exists on the Merrick River.
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1. Interpreting Contours (Units Feet)
=
.R
950
800
850
900
850
950
1000
1050
A.
1100,
WMERRICK
RIVER
750
800
850
1000-
900
950
1050
Scale
1:63360
a. What is the Contour Interval ("CI")? (Include units.)
50 ft
b. Label all contours. (Do so in 3 places: start on the right-side of the map, then carefully
move to the middle, then to the left-side of the map.)
c. Convert the RF (given on map) into a Verbal Scale (inches/mile); show work:
1:63360 Lin
12 j^\
(5280ff
65360
d. How far is it from A to B in miles?
B
63360
63360
1 in
1 mi
8.125 in
Rounded to nearest
quarter-of-an-inch
(1) Use a Ruler: Distance between A to B on the map in inches
(2) Use the Verbal Scale to set up a "ratio-and-proportion" to convert "map distance"
(in inches) into "ground distance" (in miles). Show work:
e.
What's the highest point on this map? Letter= 4
Above: 100 Below:
1060'
f.
In what cardinal direction does the Merrick River flow?
From:
SW
To: NE
g.
What is the elevation of point C?
800
Below:
h.
What is the elevation of point Z?
Below:
Above: 750)
850' Above: 800'
i.
What is the elevation of point Y?
Below:
900'
Above:
850'
j.
From "A," which slope is steepest:
k.
to the North, South, East, or West?
To the: NORTH
Based on the Contours: Draw a "W" on the map exactly where a waterfall likely
exists on the Merrick River.
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