Physical Relief: Representation Of The Earth Surface



 Physical Relief: Representation Of The Earth Surface: One of the challenges of the making of a map is to adequately represent the physical relief of any region i.e the delineation of the hills and plains the distinguishing between high ground and low ground. the two methods generally used that represent physical relief are hill-shading and contour lines, each of which may be treated in a variety of ways and are sometimes combined. see the featured image shows as a mountains island with the hill slopes indicated by the method of hill-shading is known as ‘Hachures‘

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