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Recent Examples of relief map
Lidar shaded relief map of the Porcelain Basin and Back Basin areas of Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, with the orange star indicating the location of a new thermal pool.
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Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
Shaded relief maps based on lidar data and showing landslides in the area of Yankee Jim Canyon, Montana.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 28 Nov. 2023
The bumps and ridges formed by the embroidery are like a relief map of a battered woman’s soul.
—Diane Bernard, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 July 2022
Her lined face, frail but steady stature, and admirable doggedness are this movie’s relief map of human endurance.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2021
The courtyard includes 4,300 plants native to Ohio, a paved area with a relief map of Northeast Ohio watersheds and a one-story-high waterfall resembling cascades running over thin layers of shale typical of the region.
—Steven Litt, cleveland, 12 Dec. 2020
The Grand Canyon map was the largest and most time-consuming relief map Tóth worked on during his 22 years at National Geographic.
—Frederick Reimers, Outside Online, 26 Feb. 2019
Shaded relief map showing the relative geographic location of sill and dike intrusion under Eyjafjallajökull (left) and the model for the depths and shapes of intrusion under the volcano (right).
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2010
Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
Shaded relief maps based on lidar data and showing landslides in the area of Yankee Jim Canyon, Montana.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 28 Nov. 2023
The bumps and ridges formed by the embroidery are like a relief map of a battered woman’s soul.
—Diane Bernard, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 July 2022
Her lined face, frail but steady stature, and admirable doggedness are this movie’s relief map of human endurance.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2021
The courtyard includes 4,300 plants native to Ohio, a paved area with a relief map of Northeast Ohio watersheds and a one-story-high waterfall resembling cascades running over thin layers of shale typical of the region.
—Steven Litt, cleveland, 12 Dec. 2020
The Grand Canyon map was the largest and most time-consuming relief map Tóth worked on during his 22 years at National Geographic.
—Frederick Reimers, Outside Online, 26 Feb. 2019
Shaded relief map showing the relative geographic location of sill and dike intrusion under Eyjafjallajökull (left) and the model for the depths and shapes of intrusion under the volcano (right).
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2010
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relief map
Noun
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The city also agreed to help remove legal blocks to the razing of the Odd Fellows Building, including possible landmark designation, once the hotel company figured out plans for the space.—
Matthew Glowicki,
The Courier-Journal,
3 Sep. 2025
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In 2021, Xi had announced plans for 10 Luban workshops in SCO countries over the next three years.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In this original usage, it was associated with concepts like designs, ground plans, and sketches—flat forms to be realized as physical structures.—
Leo Kim,
WIRED,
5 Sep. 2023
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The possible dichotomy between ground plan and volumetric form has never been more apparent to me.—
Martin Filler,
The New York Review of Books,
22 May 2023
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“Relief map.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relief%20map. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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