Atlanta East, Idaho - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map Other State Forest Service Maps The United States for Kids

The United States for Kids map is an essential reference tool for today's well informed student of geography

David Vala

Deep in the Grand Canyon lies a place of unmatched beauty—a place where blue-green water cascades over fern-clad cliffs into travertine pools

without missing out on the area's scenic splendors

Atlanta East, Idaho - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map Other State Forest Service Maps The United States for KidsThe distinctive characteristic of a topographic map is that the shape of the Earth's surface is shown by contour lines. Contours are imaginary lines that join points of equal elevation on the surface of the land above or below a reference surface, such as mean sea level. Contours make it possible to measure the height of mountains, depths of the ocean bottom, and steepness of slopes. A topographic map shows more than contours. The map also includes