Question

A line passing through the peak point of the contour drawing is called ______.

• A. Peak contour
• B. Section line
• C. Section contour
• D. Contour line

Answer 1

The correct option is B Section line

A line passing through the peak point of the contour drawing is called a section line. A contour line is an imaginary line joining places that have the same height above sea level and this method of representing height on the map using contours is called contouring.