http://www.msa.md.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000423/jpg/am423--142a.jpgA Hypsometric map is a topographic map that portrays the different ranges of elevation with different shades of a color. The relief of an area is shaded in relevance to it's height. For example, in this topographic map of Maryland, you can see that the higher parts of elevation are located in the west of the state, because the darker the shade, the higher the elevation.
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