Question

If the distance between two points A and b on a map is 8 kilometre and point A is 1200 m higher than point B. what is the gradient?​

Answer 1

Answer:

To calculate %slope of the land from contour maps, one still needs to determine the rise and run. On a map, the rise is the difference in elevation between two points. The run is the horizontal distance between two points. Map distance is always horizontal distance.