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2. Draw (terrain) - Wikipedia

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   A draw, sometimes known as a re-entrant in orienteering, is a terrain feature formed by two parallel ridges or spurs with low ground in between them. The area of low ground itself is the draw, and it is defined by the spurs surrounding it.

3. Glossary of landforms - Wikipedia

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   Inselberg plain – Isolated, steep rock hill on relatively flat terrain; Lacustrine terrace – A step-like landform; Lava field, also known as lava plain – Large, mostly flat area of lava flows; Oceanic basin – Geologic basin under the sea; Oceanic plateau – Relatively flat submarine region that rises well above the level of the ambient ...

4. Topographic map - Wikipedia

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   Sergeant Chris D. Washington checking his Topographic map during a morning deer hunt in Kilgore, Texas A topographic map of Stowe, Vermont with contour lines Part of the same map in a perspective shaded relief view illustrating how the contour lines follow the terrain Sheet #535 (2013 version; second digital edition) of MTN50 Spanish National Topographic map series, covering Algete town (near ...

5. Terrain cartography - Wikipedia

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   There are two major modes of terrain rendering: top-down and perspective rendering. Top-down terrain rendering has been known for centuries in the way of cartographic maps. Perspective terrain rendering has also been known for quite some time. However, only with the advent of computers and computer graphics perspective rendering has become ...

6. Terrace (earthworks) - Wikipedia

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   A terrace in agriculture is a flat surface that has been cut into hills or mountains to provide areas for the cultivation for crops, as a method of more effective farming. Terrace agriculture or cultivation is when these platforms are created successively down the terrain in a pattern that resembles the steps of a staircase.

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8. Grade (slope) - Wikipedia

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   If one looks at red numbers on the chart specifying grade, one can see the quirkiness of using the grade to specify slope; the numbers go from 0 for flat, to 100% at 45 degrees, to infinity as it approaches vertical. Slope may still be expressed when the horizontal run is not known: the rise can be divided by the hypotenuse (the slope length).

9. Hachure map - Wikipedia

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   A very gentle slope or a flat area, like the top of a hill, is usually left blank. The hachures are traditionally monocolour, usually black, gray or brown. Using two complementary colours for the hachures on a neutral background colour (e.g. black and white lines on gray map colour) would give a shading effect as if the relief were illuminated.