What is "contour lines"

Usage examples of "contour lines".

Inside the contour lines he used a system of parallel blocking and crosshatching to describe the play of muscles in their various states of stress as affected by the nervous tensions of the contours.

But having marked their positions on the map, he studied contour lines, carefully choosing a middle course through rugged terrain toward the gate.

In addition to contour lines showing the changing elevations of the land, there were many other lines whose purpose was a mystery to her.

These contour lines show higher ground to either side of the river, meaning a mid-stream span high enough for the bitty steamboats up this way to sneak their stacks under.

The white plain undulated to the nearby horizon, featureless except for a couple of broad red contour lines.

The first tiny glitch occurred late the first full day of travel, when they came to the precipitous cliff face (marked on the tricorder map by an incredibly tight convergence of sixteen contour lines) down which Sisko intended them to rappel.

Think of the contour lines on a relief map, which show elevations above sea level.

You know the way map makers put shades of blue and green between contour lines, to emphasize differences in level?

In most stretches along the canyon, the contour lines were reasonably far apart.