Post on 24-May-2015
Grand Canyon
TOPOGRAPHIC MAP
IMPORTANCE OF TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS
Used by people who need an accurate depiction of the
earth´s surface
What can we include on this
map?
Examples of people who use them include those who are camping, canoeing, hunting, fishing, planning urban developments, surveying landscapes and developing resources.
These maps show the cultural and natural regions of the ground.
Toponymy (names of places, bodies of water and highways).
Vegetation (wooded and non-wooded areas, orchards and vineyards).
Reliefs (mountains, valleys and plateaus).
Waters(oceans, lakes, streams, rivers and rapids).
Culture establishments ( transmissions lines, cities, developments, railroads and power lines).
COLORADO RIVER
Water running downhill is the dominant process in shapingthe landscape, including that ofthe Grand Canyon.
Native TribesHualapai (WALL-uh-pie), the "People of the Tall Pines"
Havasupai , “people of the blue-green waters.”
Native Plants and Trees
Scarlet Monkeyflower Sentry Milk-Vetch
Gambel Oak
ANIMALS
RavenElk
Squirrel
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