Hi, my name is Jami Munsell. I am currently a Freshman at Emporia State University majoring in business. I am a member of the ESU track team and am an active member of the Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority. The last few weeks in Earth Science I have been discovering Topographic maps. Topographic maps use topography which is the configuration of the Earths Surface. You may have seen one of these maps before. They look like a whole bunch a different lines going every different direction. The surface of the earth is shown on these maps by contour lines.  In order to use a Topographical map, you must know about the following things:

1. Contour Lines

2. Townships

3. Ranges

To learn how to use topographic maps and for examples of topographic maps you must browse throughout the rest of this web page.

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