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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