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hill shading [′hil ‚shād·iŋ]

(mapping)

Also known as hillwork; plastic shading; relief shading; shading.

A method of showing relief on a map by simulating shadows by assuming oblique sunlight from the northwest so that slopes facing south and east are shaded.

The pictorial effect created by this method.

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