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Topography around the World
Kohn Kaen, Thailand
Mexico City, Mexico
Chicago, IL
WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH SCIENCE?
- No, I’m not Amish, but I live in
Pennsylvania Dutch-country
-Yes , I have electricity
-Yes I have a car
-But the best thing about living in PA Dutch country is…
SHOO FLY PIE
So, I decided to bake a cake…
Philadelphia, PA: 0-136 m above sea level
Denver: 1 mile above sea level
Dallas: 430 ft (131 m)
Just awana mile
• I wish I would have had one of these!!
McNaught, M (2008, March 11). TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS. Retrieved November 6, 2008, from Mount Union College Geology Web site: http://raider.muc.edu/~mcnaugma/Topographic%20Maps/topomapindexpage.htm
Uses of Topographic Maps
• Why don’t we just use a picture?
• Who can use it?
• engineers, foresters, land use planners, hikers, ... virtually anyone who travels outdoors
• “the cross sectional shape of a valley stream valleys in mountainous areas is usually "V" shaped. This shaped is changed when a glacier flows down the valley. The bottom of the valley will be rounded while the sides of the valley will be steepened. The result is a U shaped valley with steep sides and a rounded valley”
Why do we care?
• Who in here sleds?
• Skiers or boarders?