Question

Look at the image of landforms.



Which point has the highest elevation?

1
2
3
4

Answer 1

I can’t see the image you mentioned. Please upload it (or describe the contour map and where points 1–4 lie relative to the contour lines) and I’ll identify the highest point.

Meanwhile, here’s how to determine the highest elevation on a contour map so you can check quickly:

- The highest point is at the center of the smallest closed contour loop that has the largest elevation value.
- If contour lines are labeled, pick the point inside the loop with the highest label. If labels aren’t shown, count nested closed contours: more nested loops toward a point = higher elevation.
- Watch for depressions: depressed (low) areas use hachured/tick-marked contours; those are lower, not higher.
- If two points lie on different closed loops, the one inside the loop with the greater contour value (or with more nested contours above a common base) is higher.
- If a point lies on a contour line rather than inside a closed loop, its elevation equals that contour value; compare those values.

Send the image or describe where each point is relative to the contours and I’ll give the exact answer.