SAR Fundamentals/Navigation/Map/Topography/Question bank

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