Yet another way to view topography is as a profile. We can select a specific tra
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Yet another way to view topography is as a profile. We can select a specific transect outdoors/on a map, and create a side view (think of a shadow of your face projected on a wall-showing your eyes, nose and chin). Match each map with the best profile. 7. ???? #1:- ???? #2 ???? #3'-- 8. 9. 10, Topo #4 11. Topo #5'-- 12. Topo #62 So here is a sample profile taken from a topographic map. Notice that the map (on top) and the profile both depict distance, elevation and shape. The advantage of a profile is that it shows a view of the location as though you were standing there looking at it (versus from peering from above)Explanation / Answer
The topographic contours can be used to know the side view of any area as these contours represents the points of similar elevation and the distance between two contours can be used to know the steepness of the features. Such that for constant contour interval if the distance between the two contour is low then the steepness or slope is high and if the distance is more between two contours of equal elevation then the feature does not have that much steepness. By using this analogy we can correlate the topographic profiles with the feature:
Topo # 1: B
Topo #2: E
Topo #3: D
Topo #4: C
Topo #5: F
Topo #6: A
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