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15th Cheltenham (SHURDINGTON) Scouts Mar 1997

CONTOUR LINES

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CONTOUR LINES are lines drawn on a map connecting points of equalelevation. If you walk along a contour line you neither gain or lose elevation.

Contour lines are normally drawn in brown on Ordnance Survey Maps, with adarker line every 50 metres.

15th Cheltenham (SHURD

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