topographic map
Example Sentences
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Had they studied a topographic map before buying this home, they could have seen from the contour lines how much land above them collected water, then funneled it to their lot.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 5, 2024
In short, the traits of each species correspond to fitness peaks that can be likened to mountains on a topographic map separated from other mountains by valleys of lower fitness.
From Science Daily • Jan. 18, 2024
The researchers studied how water might move through the city by building a high-resolution topographic map, one that could show details as small as three meters across, or about 10 feet.
From New York Times • Oct. 31, 2022
“I left my kids at home so I could hike,” the German said as he studied a topographic map of the second-largest island in the Mediterranean.
From Washington Post • May 13, 2022
Because he had no topographic map, however, he had no way of conceiving that salvation was so close at hand.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
