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title: "What do contour lines look like in 3D?"
url: "https://springfieldprimaryacademy.net/blog/2018-09-18-10-15-00-what-do-contour-lines-look-like-in-3d"
school: "Springfield Primary Academy"
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# What do contour lines look like in 3D?

   18 September 2018

In our topic lesson today, we looked again at contour lines on OS maps.  We began by matching examples of contour lines with cross sections of hills and mountains and then we made our own hills using the contour lines.

Take a look at some of our 3D contour lines.

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