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What is "relief map"

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
relief map
noun
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▪ I turned on my back and looked at the ceiling, a relief map of cracked, split paint.
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relief map

n. (context cartography English) A map that shows the three-dimensional topography of terrain, usually by use of contours but sometimes with colors or by hatching.

WordNet
relief map

n. a map having contour lines through points of equal elevation [syn: contour map]

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Relief map

Relief map or mapping may refer to:

  • Raised-relief map, a three-dimensional representation of terrain
  • A two-dimensional map using cartographic relief depiction to represent terrain
  • Relief mapping (computer graphics), the portrayal of the three-dimensional geometry of texture by simulating shadows