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contour line

a line on a map or chart connecting all points of the same elevation (or depth) in a particular area

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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