I am a student at Emporia State University and this was written as an assignment in my Earth Science Lab class.  I am not an expert on topography so please do not use this for any references.  On this web page I will introduce the term topography, by describing topographic maps and how to distinguish items on the maps.
   The last few weeks we have been discussing topographic maps.  Topographic Maps use topography, which is the configuration of the Earth's surface.  These maps have lines going every which way and can be extremely confusing unless you understand contour lines, townships, and ranges.  "Topographic Maps not only provide location and elevation information, but can also show geomorphic features, such as those created by streams"(Johnston, Aber, and Ye, 1996, p. 65).

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