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| Three-dimensional map showing cultural and landscape featuress. Also known as a contour map. |
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| Measurement of height above mean sea level. |
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| Imaginary lines which depict constant elevation above sea level. |
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| Elevation change between adjacent contour lines. |
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| Darker contour line (every fifth line) which is printed bolder for the ease of telling elevation difference. |
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| A triangular point on a map that indicates a point of exact elevation. |
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| A ratio which compares a measurement on a map to the actual distance between locations identified on the map. |
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| The section of the map that includes the map symbols, scales, north arrow, contour interval, etc. |
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| Contour lines with short, straight lines (hatch marks) drawn along the inside of the loop pointing toward its center that indicates a depression. |
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| Difference between the highest point on a map and the lowest point. |
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| The angular distance north or south of the earth's equator, measured in degrees along a meridian, as on a map or a globe. |
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| A measurement, in degrees, of a place's distance east or west of the prime meridian, which runs through Greenwich, England. |
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