TOPOGRAPHIC CONTOURS MAPS

AND ROCK SYMBOL

May 2013
 Contour Interval
1. Interval of the line ?
2. What is the elevation of x(a) and x(b) ?
 What do
hachured
Areas
lines of
show?
Depression
First hachured
line has same
elevation as
previous
contour line
 North is at the
top of the page, what
direction
is this river flowing?
South
Using the map and chart below,
construct a topographic map
profile
Please match the contour map on the left with the profile on the right.
 The elevation of Watertown is 99m.
The elevation at Oswego is 144m.
Calculate the gradient to the nearest tenth
of a m/km. Show all work.

gradient = change in elevation

distance
= 144 - 99 = 45 m
75 km 75 km

= 0.6 m/km
 If the distance between
the two
circled cities is 425 km,
calculate the temperature
gradient to the nearest
hundredth?
Show all work.

gradient = change in temperature

distance
= 82-48 = 34 = 0.08 °F/km
425 425
Could the elevation at the peak
(B) be 1410 meters?
What is the elevation at
(E)?
3.What is the elevation difference
between (A) and (B)?
5. If you walked a straight line from (D) to
(C) would you walk over a ridge or down a
valley?
6.Just looking at the map, would it be easier
to head down from the peak going East, or
going North?
Worksheet
ROCK SYMBOL
UNCONFORMITIES
FOLDS
FOLDS

Cape Fold Belt, Near George,

FOLDS
FOLDS
FAULTS
FAULTS
JOINTS DIRECTION
SEDIMENTARY ROCK
SEDIMENTARY ROCK
IGNEOUS ROCK
VOLCANIC IGNEOUS ROCK
METAMORPHIC ROCK
METAMORPHIC ROCK
SOIL TYPES
SOIL TYPES
TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES
TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES
TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES
TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES
TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES
TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES
TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES
TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES
TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES
WELL, PUMPING STATION
GEOMORPHOLOGICAL
FEATURES
GEOMORPHOLOGICAL
FEATURES
GEOMORPHOLOGICAL
FEATURES
GEOMORPHOLOGICAL
FEATURES
GEOMORPHOLOGICAL
FEATURES
GLACIAL FEATURES
GLACIAL FEATURES
LANDSLIDES
LANDSLIDES
LANDSLIDES
LANDSLIDES
LANDSLIDES
LANDSLIDES
LANDSLIDES
LANDSLIDES
LANDSLIDES
LANDSLIDES
ROCK STRUCTURES
ROCK STRUCTURES
ROCK STRUCTURES
ROCK STRUCTURES
LINEAR STRUCTURES
LINEAR STRUCTURES
LINEAR STRUCTURES
LINEAR STRUCTURES
GEOLOGICAL BOUNDARY
LINES
TRACES OF PLANAR
STRUCTURES
FAULTS
PHOTOGEOLOGY
SITE INVESTIGATION
BOREHOLES
BOREHOLES
INSITU TESTS
INSITU TESTS
INSITU TESTS
GEOPHYSICAL MEASUREMENT
GEOPHYSICAL MEASUREMENT
GEOPHYSICAL MEASUREMENT
COLOUR
COLOUR
GENERAL SYMBOLS
GENERAL SYMBOLS