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What is the answer to how close the contour lines are is an area's?
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Slope, or percent of grade.
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How do you recognize a plain or flat area on a contour map?
A plain or flat area on a contour map is recognized by contour lines. Thick contour lines have elevations printed on them periodically. They can also use supplemental contours that represent smaller vertical distances using dashed lines.
Why would you avoid a route where map shows contour lines that are very close together?
When contour lines are close together the land is steep
What arrangement of contour lines shows that the land is steep?
The land is steep if the contour lines are close together
How can you tell where the slope is steep just by looking at contour lines?
Where the slope is steep the contour lines will come close together.
What landform is shown by many contour lines that are very close together?
On a topographical map, a contour line indicates a change in elevation. When the lines are close together, the elevation is changing rapidly.
How close are the contour lines indication of an area?
elevation
If contour lines are close together does the land rise steeply or gradually?
If the contour lines on a topographic map are close together, that area is a steep slope. If the contours have wide spaces in between then the terrain is relatively flat. Many close contour lines mean the elevation is changing rapidly.
Contour lines very close together indicate the land is?
If the contour lines on a topographic map are close together, that area is a steep slope. If the contours have wide spaces in between then the terrain is relatively flat. Many close contour lines mean the elevation is changing rapidly while sparse contour lines mean elevation changes very little.
How do you contour lines show a steep slope?
How close together the brown contour lines are Yes, the closer the contours the steeper the slope. Flat land, by definition, has no contour lines.
What do the isopach lines represent?
isopach lines are contour lines that connect areas of equal ground thickness.
Who uses contour lines?
Contour lines help for you to see different elevations in certain areas. Contour lines could be useful to hikers to help plan their next hiking trip by giving them an idea of what the land is like.
Contour lines that are widely space indicate what?
If the contour lines on a topographic map have wide spaces in between and are further apart then the terrain is relatively flat. If the contour lines are close together then the terrain forms a steep slope.
