FIGURE 2. Topographic Map of Brooklyn, Queens and western Nassau County.

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Print out this page.

2. A topographic profile between point A on the north shore of Queens and point B on the south shore of Rockaway has been constructed. (See above.) What is the vertical exaggeration of the profile? (Hint: Convert the map scale into feet.) _______________

3. A schematic three-dimensional (block) diagram has been drawn that has profile A-B as its western face. (See above.) Examine this block diagram, the profile A-B, and the map. Then, on a separate piece of paper, write a paragraph describing the topography (natural landscape) of Brooklyn and Queens.


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