TOPOGRAPHIC MAP EXERCISES - Norfolk North Quadrangle
Quadrangle Name: NORFOLK NORTH
Physiographic Region: COASTAL PLAIN
This map is located along the Coastal Plain at Hampton Roads where the James
River flows into the Chesapeake.
- Approximately how much of the land area of this map is in military use?
- List at least eight types of land use you can find within the U.S. Naval Reservation.
- Find the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel on the map. Have you driven through it? What fort
is located where the tunnel changes into a bridge again? Do you think this is an active
military installation?
- What is the depth of the deepest water you can find (blue numerals)? (Note that the
bathymetric contour interval is in meters.)
- What do you think the clusters of round black dots are (such as those at Craney Island
Naval Supply Center in the southwest corner of the map)?
- How many piers lie along the western edge of the Navy Base in the center of the map?
- What is the name of the large railroad terminal on the southern edge of the map where
coal is loaded onto ships?
- Each black line is a track used to store railroad cars carrying coal waiting to be
unloaded. If you walked from north to south across the terminal, how many railroad tracks
would you cross?
- The Elizabeth River, which flows north between Norfolk and Portsmouth, is one of the
most polluted rivers in the nation. Can you locate it? Can you find anything that might be
contributing to the pollution?
- What university is located in Norfolk near the center of the map close to the southern
edge?
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