How to Use topographic in a Sentence
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They were forced to puzzle over topographic maps so old that some dated to the Civil War.
—Lizzie Johnson and Lauren Tierney, Anchorage Daily News, 27 July 2023
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On the walls, blown-up pics of nearby wonders and topographic maps of the area point the way toward adventure.
—Stephanie Granada, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
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Garmins can help if you get lost, too, with preloaded topographic maps.
—Nicole Nguyen, WSJ, 30 Oct. 2022
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The green matchsticks, placed at varying heights for topographic effect, served as a metaphor for trees.
—D.w. Pine, Time, 15 Apr. 2021
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Unlike the lower sections of the tree, the bark here is smooth and seamless with a purple tint, and etched with fine lines like topographic contours.
—Thayer Walker, Scientific American, 29 Dec. 2016
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This region represents a topographic motor map of the various body parts controlled by the brain, from toes to feet to hands and so on all the way to lips and mouth.
—Christof Koch, Scientific American, 6 Oct. 2021
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Carry detailed topographic maps and know how to read them.
—Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 10 Sep. 2020
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But the Windy City is, by and large, devoid of any real topographic variation.
—Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 21 Dec. 2017
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This is the Lost Coast, about 100 miles of marshy, distant topographic challenges that is the only place in the west to defeat ambitious highway builders.
—Scott Wilson, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2022
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The sink, a topographic map of hardened scum, threatens to collapse on an ancient hamper.
—Longreads, 20 Apr. 2022
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This is the first time that anyone has produced a topographic model using this equation.
—Theo Nicitopoulos, WIRED, 20 Oct. 2022
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The atmospheric waves were thought to be the result of winds passing over topographic features on the surface, a process that has been documented on the day side of Venus.
—Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 15 Sep. 2017
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When used from a plane, millions of points are collected, resulting in a detailed topographic map of the landscape.
—Gabriel D. Wrobel, The Conversation, 4 Dec. 2020
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The same is true of regional effects caused by things like topographic features or islands.
—The Economist, 21 Sep. 2019
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That design process kicked off in April with topographic surveys and geotechnical field work at hundreds of damage sites around the county.
—Staff Report, Houston Chronicle, 27 Apr. 2018
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The vibe is trippy, from the carpeting inspired by topographic maps to acid-bright murals of Western landscapes.
—Elaine Glusac, chicagotribune.com, 4 Nov. 2019
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Access topographic maps, track adventures and search for parks and trails within the app loaded with features.
—Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 29 July 2021
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In the lab, Ikhrata pressed several buttons on a large topographic model of San Diego County.
—Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2020
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Scientists used the data to make a detailed topographic map.
—Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2023
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Also there: mounds that were erected to add a little topographic interest for golfers.
—Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 10 Apr. 2018
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Shaking is amplified by low-lying sandy sediments in Port-au-Prince, but also on some of Haiti’s hills and ridges due to a topographic effect.
—Allison Chinchar, CNN, 20 Dec. 2022
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Shaking is amplified by low-lying sandy sediments in Port-au-Prince, but also on some of Haiti's hills and ridges due to a topographic effect.
—Allison Chinchar, CNN, 1 May 2021
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The predictions are a product of A.I., which factors in weather and topographic data.
—Kevin T. Dugan, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2021
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The new topographic data will then, in turn, help officials model how floodwaters could spill out of bayous and creeks and which areas are most likely to flood.
—Houston Chronicle, 18 Jan. 2018
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Enable the topographic map layer to see more detail in the areas between landmarks, then download the map of your hiking area for offline viewing.
—Arielle Pardes, WIRED, 3 July 2019
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Fissures lack a lot of topographic relief, so picking them out in such profiles could be difficult.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 6 Sep. 2013
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For anyone who uses topographic map apps like Gaia GPS to navigate while hiking, this one’s for you.
—Hannah Singleton, SELF, 22 Feb. 2022
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The researchers studied how water might move through the city by building a high-resolution topographic map, one that could show details as small as three meters across, or about 10 feet.
—Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2022
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Terms in stone wall science involve the size, shape, composition, source and arrangement of stones; the vertical and horizontal structures of tiers, courses and terminations; and their topographic settings on the landscape.
—Robert M. Thorson, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2023
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The accessory comes in eight designs, including a basic carbon black hue, a black-and-white topographic Yellowstone pattern, a shopper-favorite watercolor world map print, and the celestial, starry sky depiction.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 12 Nov. 2023
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