topographic map
Example Sentences
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You can clearly see these on a topographic map as circles or ovals that have small lines pointing to the center of the circle or oval.
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
