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Relief maps

A relief map is a map a indicating hill and valleys by shading rather than contour lines alone.

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The term relief refers to the horizontal and vertical dimensions of land surface, also known as terrain. Instead of emphasizing geographical boundaries of states and countries, relief maps emphasize the relative height of the land.

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