The image above is a hysometric map of Tajikistan. What makes it a hypsometric map is the different use of colors to show elevation throughout the area. In this map the closer to red a color gets the more elevation it has. This shows that this land increases in elevation the closer you go inland. Hypsometric maps don't have to use color to show changes in elevation, they can also use contour lines and shading.
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