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Put simply, a contour is a line connecting points of equal elevations on the ground surface. The corresponding line on the map is called a contour line.

Alternatively, contour lines shown on a map are the traces of intersection of equally spaced level surfaces with the ground projected orthogonally to the map surface on a reduced scale.

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