Important Isopleths


1. What are Isobars?

Lines joining the areas of equal atmospheric pressure.

2. What are Isotherms?

Lines joining the areas of equal temperature.

3. What are Isohyets?

Lines joining the areas of equal rainfall.

4. What are Isohels?

Lines joining the areas of equal sunshine.

5. What are Isohalines?

Lines joining the areas of equal seawater salinity.

6. What are Isonephs?

Lines joining the areas of equal cloud cover.

7. What are Isobaths?

Lines joining the areas of equal depth from sea level.

8. What are Isochrone?

Lines joining the areas of equal travel time from a given point.

9. What are Isodapane?

Lines joining the areas of equal additional transport cost from the point of production to the point of sale.

10. What are Isotims?

Lines joining the areas from where raw materials can be transported to a given point at equal transport cost.

11. What are Isotach?

Lines joining the areas of equal wind speed.

12. What are Isopectic?

Lines joining the areas where snow starts to form at same time in the year.

13. What are Isotac?

Lines joining the areas of where snow starts to melt at same time in the year.

14. What are Contours?

Lines joining the areas of equal altitude from the sea level.

15. What is Isallobar?

A line of equal pressure change

16. What is Isodop?

Contour of constant doppler velocity values

17. What is Isodrosotherms?

A line of equal dewpoint.

18. What is Isohypse?

A line of equal geopotential height.

19. What are Streamlines?

Lines of equal wind direction.

20. What is Isopleth?

It is a line or curve of equal values