Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Post 21: Isohyets


A isohyet is a contour map that uses its lines to represent the amount of rainfall in an area. This is useful in mapping out good farm land. The image shown above is a map of an area in New Zealand, and is, of course, an example of an isohyet contour map.

Where example was found: http://img2.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/0808/3d0ea09ab5cbfe1ff03f.jpeg

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