Relief map - Kifukuryozu

Japanese: 起伏量図 - きふくりょうず
Relief map - Kifukuryozu

...So, for example, a grid with the distance between a major mountain ridge and an adjacent major valley as one side is considered to be the unit area of ​​the region, and the elevation difference is calculated for each grid. This is called local relief, relief energy, or available relief, and the distribution map is called a relief map. In other words, relief is the elevation difference between the highest point and the lowest point within a unit area, and the unit area is set in various ways according to the scale of the unevenness of the earth's surface. ...

*Some of the terms mentioned in "relief maps" are explained below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…そこで例えば主要な山稜と隣接する主要な谷との間の距離を1辺とする方眼を,その地域にあてはめる単位面積と考えて,方眼ごとに高度差を求める。これを起伏量local relief,relief energy,available reliefと呼び,その分布図は起伏量図といわれる。 すなわち起伏量とは単位面積内の最高点と最低点の高度差であり,単位面積は地表の凹凸の規模に従ってさまざまに設定される。…

※「起伏量図」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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