Contour interval | Article about contour interval by The Free Dictionary
Also found in: Dictionary
contour interval[′kän‚tu̇r ‚in·tər·vəl]
The difference in elevation between adjacent contours.
The vertical distance between adjacent contour lines.
The distance between two consecutive contours on a map. The contour interval on a map is constant.
References in periodicals archive
50 m Contour interval
taking grid 50Eu50 m between LUV-KUSH Ganga Barrage Kanpur and Lucknow - Kanpur Rly line and cross vise between 50 m Left side of L.
, Design, Drawing & Preparation Of Investigation Report Of Each System.
Open Competition: Performing engineering research 12 scale 000 for the development of land use planning documents (aerial photographic work with the creation of digital orthophotos, scale 12 000 and a digital topographic base, scale 12 000 with a contour interval
The main topographic map has 40-foot contour intervals
, and the two detailed inset maps of higher-use areas have 20-foot contour intervals