contour map

contour map

A map showing elevations and surface configuration by means of contour lines.

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con′tour map`

a topographic map on which the shape of the land surface is shown by contour lines, the relative spacing of the lines indicating the relative slope of the surface.

[1860–65]

contour map

A map that shows elevations above sea level and surface features of the land by means of contour lines.

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Noun

contour map - a map having contour lines through points of equal elevation

relief map

map - a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it)

Translations

contour map

n → carta a curve di livello

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