WETMAAP Skill 1
Weweantic River  - Element 2

Skill 1:                    Map Use
Element 2:              Feature Identification

Materials:

1:25,000 scale 1977-1972 Snipatuit Pond – Wareham; 1977-1974 Plympton – Plymouth, Mass, USGS Topographic Quadrangles USGS Topographic Quadrangles
1995 Weweantic River Aerial Photograph
Topographic Symbols Chart
magnifying glass

Exercise:

1. Use 1:24,000 scale, 1977-1972 Snipatuit Pond – Wareham; 1977-1974 Plympton – Plymouth, Mass, USGS Topographic Quadrangles USGS Topographic Quadrangles

2. Use the 1995 Weweantic River Aerial Photographs covering the same area.

3. Use the Topographic Symbols Chart.

4. Identify an area of swamp.

5. Identify areas of cranberry bogs.

6. Identify the following cultural features on the map:

a. bench mark
b. power line
c. cemetery
d. school

7. Identify areas of marsh and swamp on the map.

8. On the 1995 Weweantic River Aerial Photograph find:

a. power line right-of-way
b. golf course
c. an area of swamp
d. Weweantic River