Monumental Buttes, Idaho - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map kids Emigrant Peak

Emigrant Peak

bordered by the prairie province of Alberta and the state of Montana

Geologic maps use a combination of colors

THE CLEVER PEOPLE WHO BUILT THEM

The Navajo is characterized by a broad diversity of colors related to iron oxide cementation and fluid diagenesis

Monumental Buttes, Idaho - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map kids Emigrant PeakThe distinctive characteristic of a topographic map is that the shape of the Earth's surface is shown by contour lines. Contours are imaginary lines that join points of equal elevation on the surface of the land above or below a reference surface, such as mean sea level. Contours make it possible to measure the height of mountains, depths of the ocean bottom, and steepness of slopes. A topographic map shows more than contours. The map also includes