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  2. Terrain - Wikipedia

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    Relief (or local relief) refers specifically to the quantitative measurement of vertical elevation change in a landscape. It is the difference between maximum and minimum elevations within a given area, usually of limited extent. [5] A relief can be described qualitatively, such as a "low relief" or "high relief" plain or upland. The relief of ...

  3. Topography - Wikipedia

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    Relief map: Sierra Nevada Mountains, Spain 3D rendering of a DEM used for the topography of Mars The digital elevation model (DEM) is a raster -based digital dataset of the topography ( hypsometry and/or bathymetry ) of all or part of the Earth (or a telluric planet ).

  4. Topographic prominence - Wikipedia

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    This can be calculated for a given peak in the following manner: for every path connecting the peak to higher terrain, find the lowest point on the path; the key col (or highest saddle, or linking col, or link) is defined as the highest of these points, along all connecting paths; the prominence is the difference between the elevation of the ...

  5. List of mountain peaks by prominence - Wikipedia

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    Height on the other hand simply means elevation of the summit above sea level. Regarding parents, the prominence parent of peak A can be found by dividing the island or region in question into territories, by tracing the runoff from the key col (mountain pass) of every peak that is more prominent than peak A. The parent is the peak whose ...

  6. Terrain cartography - Wikipedia

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    Shaded relief was traditionally drawn with charcoal, airbrush and other artist's media. The Swiss cartographer Eduard Imhof is widely regarded as a master of manual hill-shading technique and theory. Shaded relief is today almost exclusively computer-generated from digital elevation models (DEM).

  7. List of elevation extremes by country - Wikipedia

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    Within its 2.02 km 2 territory, there is a difference of 140 m between its highest and lowest points, giving a ratio of 69 m for every km 2. In Australia 's 7,686,850 square kilometres (2,967,910 sq mi) area, there is only a 2,244 metres (7,362 ft) difference between the highest and lowest points, which gives a ratio of 292 micrometres (0.0115 ...

  8. What's the Difference Between High Elevation and Low ... - AOL

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    It can be a big advantage in certain years, which could be the difference between a mediocre wine and a great wine.” Valley floor wines Great wines can be produced from lower-elevation vines, too.

  9. Digital elevation model - Wikipedia

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    A digital elevation model (DEM) or digital surface model (DSM) is a 3D computer graphics representation of elevation data to represent terrain or overlaying objects, commonly of a planet, moon, or asteroid.