topographic map
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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
Mount St. Helens Topo Cup An eco-friendly collaboration between PNW staple Miir and Portland company Rustek, this camp cup has a wrap of real wood engraved with a topographic map of Mount St. Helens.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2023
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
To reconstruct those early travelers’ potential paths, researchers assembled the first detailed topographic map of Sahul—including past coastal lands now underwater—from satellite, aerial, and undersea mapping data.
From Science Magazine • May 4, 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
