relief map
Example Sentences
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The first-ever relief map of the sea floor was published by Lamont in 1977 from measurements taken in part on the Vema.
From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2020
Did the map of her skin widen, sprouting rivers and bumpy roads on a relief map, the north, south, east, west of her expanding with the baby inside her?
From Salon • Mar. 30, 2019
The model delta, which represents a kind of relief map of the future, is supposed to simulate flooding and sea-level rise and to help test strategies for dealing with them.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 25, 2019
Sauce is practically a requirement here, save for the nearly blackened spareribs, which hide a nice pinch of spice in the relief map of rub on their surface.
From Washington Post • Jul. 2, 2018
He had a terrible case of acne, his face like a relief map.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
