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latitude and longitude as well as topographic mapping questions

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contour lineslines of equal elevation on a topo map
hachure lineslines indicating a depression on a topo map
gradientshown by the spacing of the contour lines
steep landclose together contours
flat landfar apart contours
meridiansrun north to south
parallelsrun west to east
equatorzero latitude
prime meridianzero longitude
polarisstar used for measuring latitude
solar timeused for measuring longitude
15 degrees per hourrate of rotation of the earth
90 degrees northmaximum latitude
international date line180 longitude

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