Ridge On Topographic Map
When the lines converge the ridge is falling in elevation creating a spur.
Ridge on topographic map. To the west the ridge surmounts the south bay coast north of johnsons dock to the south it is bounded by the lower course of the two km long contell glacier to the east by the foot of the balkan snowfield sloping up towards krum rock and to the northwest by sea lion tarn. When the lines diverge the ridge is either flattening out to a high plateau or continues to rise with additional contour lines. Maple ridge metro vancouver regional district british columbia v2x 6g2 canada 49 21974 122 59984 share this map on. What are eastings and northings.
The ridge is snow free in the summer months. A watershed or water divide is a ridge which separates the tributaries draining towards one side of it from those drawing towards the other. The united states geological survey quadrangle maps are scaled to 1 24 000. Elevation latitude and longitude of maple ridge greater vancouver canada on the world topo map.
Small stream channels or spurs may not show up as pronounced us or vs even in large scale topos. Map scales vary greatly across different topo maps but the most common scale is 1 24 000 for topo maps created in the united states. What is a watershed. For example in a 1 50000 topo map see top topo sides of valley contours representing gullies and ridges will be more rounded and show less detail in general compared to the contours us and vs seen in a 1 20000 topo.
On a map a ridge is depicted as two contour lines often of the same contour running side by side at the same elevation for some distance. Topographic map of maple ridge greater vancouver canada. You ll be able to plan timing and exertion for the trail. 49 05974 122 75984 49 37974 122 43984.
These are large scale maps and bring a lot of detail into focus. The position of a certain feature on the sheets is indicated eastward and southward. Same problem applies to other terrain features. Maple ridge topographic maps canada british columbia maple ridge maple ridge.
Click on the map to display elevation. A rough estimate is two miles per hour. A watershed is never half way up a slope and on the two sides of it the slope must be opposite and downwards. On a 1 24 000 scale map 1 inch on the map is representative of 24 000 inches or 2000 feet on the ground.
Knowledge really is power when it comes to reading and getting the most out of a topo map.