Contour Lines on Topographic Maps

question 156

Multiple Choice

Contour lines on topographic maps

• A) cannot be used to make an isoline map.
• B) connect points of equal elevation.
• C) were common on maps made before the nineteenth century, but are rarely used now.
• D) are required to make sense of a three-dimensional map.
• E) cannot illustrate negative values.

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