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contour interval

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contour interval
n
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) the difference in altitude represented by the space between two contour lines on a map

Difference in elevation between two adjacent contour lines.


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The contour interval of the terrain was, perhaps, the most striking feature of the objective area.
DTED2 provides a contour interval approximately equal to that of a 1:50,000 TLM.
The anomaly is defined by the 100 ppm contour interval.
 
 
 
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