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noun

a map showing the relief of an area, usually by generalized contour lines.

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Origin of relief map

First recorded in 1875–80

Words nearby relief map

relic, relic area, relict, relief, reliefer, relief map, relief pitcher, relief valve, relier, relieve, relieved

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How to use relief map in a sentence

I was now a rippling sheet of endlessly lean muscle, my sinew bulging beneath mud-caked skin like some surrealist relief map of the ancient ridges I’d walked.
Did Thru-Hiking the Appalachian Trail Ruin My Body?|Grayson Haver Currin|January 25, 2021|Outside Online
A study of any good relief-map of Europe will show the chief routes of trade almost at a glance.
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe|John M. Tyler
The whole globe was a carefully chiseled relief map, showing seas, mountains, and continents.
Islands of Space|John W Campbell
Contoured: An irregular but smoothly undulating surface, resembling the surface of a relief map.
The Elements of Bacteriological Technique|John William Henry Eyre

As the manager had said, the country was spread out under them like a big relief map.
The Heroes of the School|Allen Chapman
Always it became smaller, and more and more like a coloured relief-map with tiny, Noah's-ark houses.
The Rules of the Game|Stewart Edward White

British Dictionary definitions for relief map

relief map

noun

a map that shows the configuration and height of the land surface, usually by means of contours

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Scientific definitions for relief map

relief map

[ rĭ-lēf′ ]

A map that depicts land configuration, often with contour lines. Some relief maps are three-dimensional.

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