taking place between or participating in activities between different colleges: intercollegiate athletics. 2. of, relating to, or representative of two or more colleges. Origin of intercollegiate.
A map is a visual representation of an entire area or a part of an area, typically represented on a flat surface. The work of a map is to illustrate specific and detailed features of a particular area, most frequently used to illustrate geography.
A map is a flat model of all or part of Earthâs surface drawn to a specific scale. A map is a model of the real world. The better maps communicate information, the more effective they are as a model. Topographic maps show elevation of landforms above sea level. Bathymetric maps show depths of landforms below sea level. Topographic elevations and the bathymetric depths are often shown with contour lines. A contour line is a line on a map representing a corresponding imaginary line on the surface of the land or bottom of the sea that has the same elevation or depth along its entire length.