Which preposition to use with contours

of Occurrences 110%

And I remember the contour of that fearsome wound on the dog's side.

to Occurrences 6%

Stone by slow stone his empire was built up, an edifice owing its contour to his complete grasp of detail and his dauntless energy.

on Occurrences 4%

If you know the vertical interval between any two adjacent contours, you know the vertical interval for all the contours on that map, for these intervals on a given map are all the same.

in Occurrences 3%

A temporary boarder from the country, consisting of a somewhat more than middle-aged female, with a parchment forehead and a dry little "frisette" shingling it, a sallow neck with a necklace of gold beads, a black dress too rusty for recent grief, and contours in basso-rilievo, left the table prematurely, and was reported to have been very virulent about what I said.

like Occurrences 2%

A round contour like the letter O outlines a round ground feature; a long narrow one indicates a long narrow ground feature.

at Occurrences 2%

The new water line, about as shown by the dotted line in figure 11, shows the oblong shape of the depression at a higher level; the solid lines show the shape farther down; the horizontal distance between the two contours at different points shows where the bank is steep and where the slope is gentler.

about Occurrences 1%

Each single contour shows the shape at its particular level of the hill or valley it outlines; for instance, the 880 contour about the penitentiary shows that the hill at that level has a shape somewhat like a horse's head.

with Occurrences 1%

The lecture dealt with ice erosion, and the pictures made it easy to follow the comparison of our own mountain forms and glacial contours with those that have received so much attention elsewhere.

along Occurrences 1%

Their upper limit corresponds roughly with the contour along which such an azequia would have had to pass.

among Occurrences 1%

There are some pretty girls of perfect contour among the Pueblo Indians, especially in the Tigua villages.

as Occurrences 1%

Dark as it was I had recognized him.... "His form was of the same strong and stalwart contour as ever....

into Occurrences 1%

Even our own, remarkable for "loathed melancholy," has changed its moody contour into the lineaments of mirth, while listening to him.

up Occurrences 1%

With reference to a point through which no contour passes, we can only say that the point in question is not higher than the next contour up the hill, nor lower than the next one down the hill.

Which preposition to use with  contours