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5. Contouring By Hand | The Nature of Geographic Information
Finally, draw your contour lines. Working downslope from the highest elevation, thread contours through ticks of equal value. Move to the next highest elevation when the surface seems ambiguous. Keep in mind the following characteristics of contour lines (Rabenhorst and McDermott, 1989): Contours should always point upstream in valleys