Topographic Maps Vocab

A feature of topography formed by the processes that shape Earth's surface

• Contour line

• mountain

• landform

• plateau

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The shape of the land determined by elevation, relief and landforms

• contour line

• topography

• topographic map

• mountain range

A landform that has high elevation and more or less level surface

• plateau

• plain

• landform

• mountain

Height above sea level

• topography

• elevation

• mountain

• landform

A landform made up of flat or gently rolling land with low relief

• plateau

• relief

• plain

• mountain

A map that shows the surface features of an area

• topographic map

• topography

• landform region

• mountain range

A landform with high elevation and high releif

• mountain

• plateau

• plain

• countor line

The difference in elevation from one contour line to the next

• contour interval

• contour line

• mountain range

• relief

On a topographic map, a heavier contour line that tis labeled with

• index contour

• landform region

• contour line

• contour interval

A line on a topographic map that connects points of equal elevation

• mountain range

• contour line

• landform region

• contour interval