Using the graphic map scale, estimate how far the slide moved across the valley floor of the North Fork Stillaguamish River from the bottom of the mountain side.
The question is based on Figure 38-8, a digital elevation model showing the 2014 Oso, Washington, landslide along the North Fork Stillaguamish River, and color Map T-26b in the back of the Lab Manual, showing a portion of the “Mount Higgins, Washington” quadrangle (scale 1:24,000; contour interval 40 feet); this same topographic map is reproduced in black-and-white as Figure 38-14.
What will be an ideal response?
about 0.4 miles(s)
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