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topographic maps

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-006413

Topographic maps are a detailed record of a land area, giving geographic positions and elevations for both natural and man-made features. They show the shape of the land the mountains, valleys, and plains by means of brown contour lines (lines of equal elevation above sea level).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-006413
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
Synonymsatlases
ReferencesU.S. Geological Survey; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsocartography; soil map; digital elevation models; altitude; topography
TranslationsSpanish: mapas topográficos
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-006413",
  "term": "topographic maps",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Topographic maps are a detailed record of a land area, giving geographic positions and elevations for both natural and man-made features. They show the shape of the land the mountains, valleys, and plains by means of brown contour lines (lines of equal elevation above sea level).",
  "synonyms": [
    "atlases"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "cartography",
    "soil map",
    "digital elevation models",
    "altitude",
    "topography"
  ],
  "references": [
    "U.S. Geological Survey",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "mapas topográficos"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/topographic-maps/"
}

Record 6,413 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.