On each figure use a blue pencil to draw in streams, using arrows to show the direction of stream flow. Note that there is a main stream in the valley and there are at least two tributary streams or creeks. How do the contour lines indicate the direction of flow?



What will be an ideal response?


Contour lines form an upstream-pointing,V-shaped pattern wherever contour lines cross a stream.

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