Distance 6b. What is the vertical exaggeration on the topographic profile you constructed
Distance 6b. What is the vertical exaggeration on the topographic profile you constructed
Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
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Chapter1: The Study Of Minerals
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Transcribed Image Text:Elevation (1)
380
340
220
200
#
Distance
3.90
-340
C
240
220
180
Elevation (it)
6b. What is the vertical exaggeration on the topographic profile you constructed?

Transcribed Image Text:6. Use the map below to answer the question. Point A represents a location on Earth's surface.
Lines BC and XY are reference lines on the map. Points D, E, F, and G represent locations
along Coe Creek. Elevations are shown in feet.
0
200
1
300-
Coe
Creek D
2
340
Contour interval - 2011
3 mlos
Caldon Pond
Key
Depression contour line
N
6a. On the grid below, construct a topographic profile of the land surface along the line form
point B to point C. Plot the elevation of each contour line that crosses line BC. Connect all
nine points with a line to complete the profile.
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