13. points toward lower elevations on a topographic map

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On a topographic map, contour lines have a feature where the direction of the contour line's "point" (specifically, the direction of the V - shape of a contour line when it crosses a stream or a valley) points toward lower elevations. The term for this is the "contour line" (more precisely, the direction of the contour line's indentation or the V - shaped part of a contour line in the case of valleys etc., but the key concept here is that contour lines (or their specific features like the V - shape in valleys) point towards lower elevations. However, the specific term related to this is that the "contour line" (or the "direction of the contour line's slope indication") - but more accurately, the answer is that the "contour line" (when considering the rule about how contour lines indicate elevation change, especially in relation to streams: the V - shaped contour lines point upstream, which is towards higher elevations? 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# Answer:
The feature that points toward lower elevations on a topographic map is the **contour line** (specifically, the open end of V - shaped contour lines (formed when crossing streams/valleys) points toward lower elevations, with the point of the V pointing toward higher elevations).

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