Question

Part 2

What is the contour interval?
In what direction is Maklaks Spring flowing (downstream)? How can you tell?
Which area is most steep of the areas enclosed in red, blue, green, or orange circles? How can you tell?
If you were standing on the east side of the feature that has its highest point of elevation at 6,168 (shown in the yellow square box), what graphic would most represent the shape or profile of the geographical feature?


Provide an approximate elevation for points W, X, Y, and Z (Z is pointing right to the line).

Answer 1

Answer:

A contour interval is the vertical distance or difference in elevation between contour lines. Index contours are bold or thicker lines that appear at every fifth contour line.