Practice for Reading Contour Maps
Practice reading the first map and compare with the shaded-relief (second) map below.
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Contour map of northwestern Sierra Nevada, California .
 
 


Shaded relief contour map of northwestern Sierra Nevada, California.

 

Contour map from Wikipedia (public domain).  Go to "Contour Line" on Wikipedia for more information and examples: 

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contour_line