topographic maps

Introduces readers to physical maps, which show landscape features, land elevations, and more.

Explains what is on a topographic map and how to read one.

Discusses maps that show natural features such as mountains, rivers, and lakes, and how to read these physical maps.

Describes the 2000 Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, during which six astronauts aboard the "Endeavour" mapped eighty percent of Earth in eleven days.

Explains what maps are, focusing on topographic maps, with discussion of scale, legends, contours, and contour lines; and looks at how topographic maps can be used. Includes a glossary.