If you were making a topographic map, how would you show a steep cliff?

Question

If you were making a topographic map, how would you show a steep cliff?

Answer 1

closly fitting contour lines.

Answer 2

Circles.

http://www.athro.com/geo/topo/valleyforg...

Answer 3

close contour lines

Answer 4

A steep slope is depicted by contours close together, but a cliff face would have a contour line with hachures on the downslope side.  (You will also see hachures used to show embankments, such as a slope along the side of a railway line.)

An overhanging cliff would have the highest contour as a solid line, and the lower contours under the cliff top shown as dashed lines.

Check out some top maps showing steep slopes and you will see examples of what I have listed above.