WETMAAP Skill 1
Weweantic River - Element 1

Skill 1: Map Use
Element 1: Site Location

 Materials:

1:250,000 scale 1947-1969 Providence RI, MA, CT, NY, USGS Topographic Quadrangle
1:100,000 scale 1986 New Bedford, Mass, USGS Topographic Quadrangle
1:25,000 scale 1977-1972 Snipatuit Pond – Wareham; 1977-1974 Plympton – Plymouth, Mass, USGS Topographic Quadrangles

Exercise:

1.      Locate the case study site on each map

 2.      Visually recognize difference in study site size on each map.

On which map is the study site the largest? 

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                         On which map is the study site the smallest?

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