This map is known as a Hypsometric map. In this type of map, elevation is depicted through visible relieve and different types of shading. For instance, looking at this map, if we could actually touch it, it wouldn't feel smooth, it'd be bumpy and rigid to show how the elevation changes. This map is of British Columbia in Canada. We can see that the areas that are shaded in the pale green and green are the lowest elevations, they are around sea level. There are some parts of the map that are purple in color, these, according to the legend denote areas of the highest elevation. There are also a couple of numbers around the map that show us specific elevations at those points. These maps are extremely helpful in looking at an area as a whole and how it changes. The combination of the shading and the relief on the map do a lot to help us understand how our land is really set up. It allows us to separate ourselves from the flat maps of atlases. A lot of times, we look at those maps and forget that the land actually has some elevation changes.
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