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

“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

He carried a hand-held GPS device so he could provide a topographic map with his water sites to his clients.

From New York Times • Jul. 17, 2021

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