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Cartographic Specifications - Geographic Names

US Topo cartographic specifications for geographic names landforms

Landforms

Arroyo

FType: No FType for this feature

FCode: 15006

Feature Description: Watercourse or channel through which water may occasionally flow (coulee, draw, gully, wash).

Range

FType: No FType for this feature

FCode: 15042

Feature Description: A single mass of hills or mountains; a complex, interconnected series of mountain ranges having a well-defined longitudinal trend (cordillera, mountain belt, sierra).

Ridge

FType: No FType for this feature

FCode: 15044

Feature Description: Elevation with a narrow, elongated crest that can be part of a hill or mountain (arête, crest, chenier, cuesta, divide, esker, hogback, mogote, lae, ridge, spur).

Valley

FType: No FType for this feature

FCode: 15050

Feature Description: Linear depression in the Earth's surface that generally slopes from one end to the other (barranca, canyon, chasm, cove, draw, glen, gorge, gulch, gulf, hollow, ravine).

Cartographic Representation
(Features Not Symbolized)

Annotation

Font Style Font Size Font Color Halo Size Halo Color Placement Properties Anno Graphic Depiction
Segoe UI Italic 9.00 0/0/0 0.7 240/240/240 Place straight inside the
polygon. Placed horizontal,
outside of polygon, if there
isn't enough room inside the
polygon or if there are too many data conflicts in or around the polygon. 
Landforms Annotation

Summit

FType: No FType for this feature

FCode: 15048

Feature Description: Prominent elevation rising above the surrounding level of the Earth's surface; does not include pillars, ridges, or ranges; can occur as a single isolated mass or in a group (ahu, ballon, berg, bald, butte, cerro, colina, cone, cumbre, dome, head, hill, horn, knob, knoll, mauna, mesa, mesita, mound, mount, mountain, peak, puʻu, rock, sugarloaf, table, volcano).

Cartographic Representation
(Features Not Symbolized)

Annotation

Font Style Font Size Font Color Halo Size Halo Color Placement Properties Anno Graphic Depiction
Segoe UI Italic 9.00 0/0/0 0.7 240/240/240 Regular placement. Horizontal within the polygon 
Landforms Annotation
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