To represent 3D, real life mountains with a 2D model with a bird's eye view.
Maps can show elevation with contour lines
A contour map. The lines are called contour lines
Contour Lines
On topographic maps, contour lines that are far apart indicate gentle slopes or gradual changes in elevation. The farther apart the contour lines, the flatter the terrain.
Contour lines
Contour lines connect points with the same what?
contour lines
Contour maps show the shape and elevation of the land by using contour lines to represent points of equal elevation. This allows viewers to visualize topography and understand the natural landscape of a given area.
topographic maps have contour lines that show a specific place...
Contour lines connect points of equal height, and show grades of hills, the closer together the lines the steeper the grade. The map legend should tell you the difference in elevation between lines, this could be in feet or meters
Charles Hutton invented contour lines while trying to make order of scores of measurements taken by surveyors for the purpose of finding the mass of Mount Schiehallion in the central Scottish Highlands in 1774.
contour maps are maps that depict contour line. they contain lines of equal heights that are joined together and help to show elevations, terrain shape and many other features of the earth