SAR Fundamentals/Navigation/Map/Topography/Question bank

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#	Question	Answer
1	What are the brown lines on a topo map called?	Contour lines.
2	A brown line on a topo map says 4500. Which direction is downhill?	Under the number when read right side up.
3	How do you tell the elevation difference between two adjacent brown lines on a topo map?	The contour interval is stated at the bottom of the map.
4	How can you tell which way is uphill on a topo map?	Elevation numbers are written along lines such that up is above the number.
5	On a topographic map, how would an impassible elevation change appear?	brown contour lines very close to one another
6	What does it mean when contour lines get closer together	steeper incline