Waters map

Water map of the Caspian Sea with contour lines and shoals (1863)

Waterway maps show the conditions and properties of flowing and standing water in a cartographic manner.

The basis of the waterway maps is the waterway network as it is recorded in topographic maps . Further entries are e.g. E.g .: water catchment areas , discharge volumes and flow velocity . Furthermore, physical water properties or facts about the groundwater distribution are also illustrated in certain waterway maps.

The basics for the waterway map are recorded during the waterway survey.

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Herbert Wilhelmy: Cartography in brief . 5th edition, Verlag Ferdinand Hirt, Unterägeri 1990. ISBN 3-266-03065-6 . P. 290ff