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Q: What is distance between each contour line called?
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What is the difference between a contour interval and an index contour?

the contour interval is the difference in elevation between contour lines that are next to each other


Draw contour lines to depict a steep slope?

You know, when contour lines are closer together on a map, they indicate a steep slope. Just think of contour lines as the distance between each incline. The closer together the inclines, the steeper the hill.


How do you determine what the contour interval is when there is nothing noted in the margin like there is supposed to be?

All you do is figure out the distance between each contour line. For example, If you have contour lines labled as 100 miles, then skipping 4 lines, and the fifth contour line is labled 200 miles, there are 20 miles added to each line climbing in altitude (growing bigger). So, the contour interval is 20 miles. It is very simple because all that you must do is count between the labled contour lines to figure out how far apart they like 2, 4, 6, 8, etc.


What is the distance between each number on a graph scale called?

It would normally be called 1unit, though the distance is not a constant.


What are maps called that show elevation with lines showing each new leve of elevation?

A contour map. The lines are called contour lines


What is the distance between 2 pitches on a piano?

the distance between two keys next to each other is called a half-step. The distance between any two notes is called an intravel. Each intravel has its own name, second, flattened third, natural third, fourth, etc....


What is the distance between two rarefactions that are next to each other called?

wave length.


What does the spacing of contour lines tell us?

Contour lines refer to the elevation of a line as it runs through a mapped area. For instance a 1,000ft. contour line might meander through an open field or wrap completely around a hill. On any map the "Contour Interval" is indicated somewhere as 25FT or 50ft. or 100ft. meaning that it will be this distance vertically between lines of the same altitude. In flat lands it may be a long distance between contour lines but on a steep slope they might be crowded close together.


Is the space between two mountains called a valley?

if it is a small distance between both mountains it is a valley . if it is a great distance between the mountains it is called a plain---------------- the space that lies along a line between the peak of two mountains that are very close to each other is called a saddle.


What does it mean when a contour line is marked with 50 m?

It usually means that there are 50 metres in vertical height between each contour line shown on the map.


What are the factors effecting contour intervals?

If the contour interval is not given, find two reference (labeled) contour lines and find the number of lines between them, excluding the reference lines themselves. Then the interval can be found using the following formula: |(Difference between elevation of reference lines)| /(Number of contour lines between reference lines +1) = Contour interval For example, if you find two reference lines labeled 150m and 250m and there is one contour line between them, then |150m-250m|/(1+1)=100m/2=50m The contour interval of that map is 50 meters.


Difference between contour plowing and crop rotation?

Contour plowing is plowing along the curves of a slopeand crop rotation is when a farmer plants different crops in a field each year........