How do you know where the most gentle slope is?

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DragonPi · Stefan V.
Apr 30, 2018

If you are using a topographic map, the most gentle slope will be where the lines are furthest apart.

Explanation:

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/A-topographic-map-of-the-Gaussberg-volcanic-feature-Samples_fig1_43442669

Each line stands for one interval of elevation. When lines are further apart, it is a further distance for elevation to increase.

#"slope" = "rise"/"run"#

so this means that as distance is increasing slope is decreasing.

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