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hachure
shading of short lines drawn on a relief map to indicate gradients
hachure [ha′shu̇r]
(mapping)
A short line used to denote slopes of the ground, as on maps.
hachure
One of a series of parallel lines drawn on topographic maps in the direction of the slopes of hills or depressions to indicate relief features. The steeper the slopes, the heavier and more closely spaced the hachures become.
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Before then hills were illustrated by hachuring, creating a wonderful 3-D effect of the topography, but burying names and highways under ink.
Century-old map is vivid reminder of drowned land; A series of ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
This map principally showed relief, drainage, features and some of the main pastoral stations and is extraordinary because of the large amount of hachuring and shading used to depict the terrain found in the known-parts of the new colony (Figure 1).
Mapping a new colony: the geographical construction of Queensland ... by Griggs, Peter / The Globe
 
 
 
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