relief map

noun

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

relief map

noun

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

relief map

/ rĭ-lēf′ /

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of relief map¹

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

A study of any good relief-map of Europe will show the chief routes of trade almost at a glance.

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The whole globe was a carefully chiseled relief map, showing seas, mountains, and continents.

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Contoured: An irregular but smoothly undulating surface, resembling the surface of a relief map.

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As the manager had said, the country was spread out under them like a big relief map.

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Always it became smaller, and more and more like a coloured relief-map with tiny, Noah's-ark houses.

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