Grand Canyon

TOPOGRAPHIC MAP

IMPORTANCE OF TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS

Used by people who need an accurate depiction of the

earth´s surface

What can we include on this

map?

Examples of people who use them include those who are camping, canoeing, hunting, fishing, planning urban developments, surveying landscapes and developing resources.

These maps show the cultural and natural regions of the ground.

Toponymy (names of places, bodies of water and highways).

Vegetation (wooded and non-wooded areas, orchards and vineyards).

Reliefs (mountains, valleys and plateaus).

Waters(oceans, lakes, streams, rivers and rapids).

Culture establishments ( transmissions lines, cities, developments, railroads and power lines).

COLORADO RIVER

Water running downhill is the dominant process in shapingthe landscape, including that ofthe Grand Canyon.

Native TribesHualapai (WALL-uh-pie), the "People of the Tall Pines"

Havasupai , “people of the blue-green waters.”

Native Plants and Trees

Scarlet Monkeyflower Sentry Milk-Vetch

Gambel Oak

ANIMALS

RavenElk

Squirrel

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