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Discover LudwigThe phrase "relief map" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a map that shows elevation by means of different colors, shades, and lines. For example, "The relief map showed that the highest peak was located in the far north corner of the state."
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relief map
noun
A map that shows the three-dimensional topography of terrain, usually by use of contours but sometimes with colors or by hatching.
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Relief map of the Dominion of Canada / James White, geographer.
Online visitors can overlay simple road maps and insert a relief map background.
Paintings are three-dimensional — you know that a Van Gogh looks like a relief map.
Another group wanted a 19‐acre relief map of the world there.
For the ceiling of his study he ordered a relief map of two hemispheres, then went off to Bermuda.
"The whole world around us lay spread out like a giant relief map," he told one interviewer.
In Mr. Klima's "Great Game," at www.cityarts.com/greatgame, he has built a digital relief map of Afghanistan.
The public voted and the way they voted produced a remarkable accurate relief map of their affections.
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Following an old tradition in China, Shen created a raised-relief map while inspecting borderlands.
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