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A: The contour interval is stated at the bottom of the map.
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What are the brown lines on a topo map called?

Contour lines.

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A brown line on a topo map says 4500. Which direction is downhill?

Under the number when read right side up.

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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.

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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.

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On a topographic map, how would an impassible elevation change appear?

brown contour lines very close to one another

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What does it mean when contour lines get closer together

steeper incline

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