The line joining places which have the same height above mean sea level is called________.

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Contour line

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The correct option is B Contour line
The line joining places which have the same height above mean sea level is called Contour line.
A contour line of a function of two variables is a curve along which the function has a constant value, so that the curve joins points of equal value. It is a plane section of the three-dimensional graph of the function f parallel to the x, y plane.

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