Spanish term
sin relieves
4 +3 | without relief | Francois Boye |
4 +1 | with no outstanding features | neilmac |
4 | featureless | Denis Zabelin |
4 | with no elevations | Wendy Streitparth |
4 | without much topographic relief | Thomas Walker |
Non-PRO (1): philgoddard
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Proposed translations
without relief
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Note added at 5 mins (2016-02-17 15:06:46 GMT)
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http://geography.about.com/od/geographyglossaryr/g/ggrelief....
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philgoddard
: Featureless is fine too.
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Robert Carter
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Kim Edwards-Buarque
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featureless
with no outstanding features
I don't think the sentence needs both adjectives (significant + outstanding).
Relief: the elevations or inequalities of a land surface
with no elevations
without much topographic relief
One example is "plano/a". In the context of geometry, it means "flat"; about the same for a tabletop or an ice skating rink. But in terms of geography, a "plain" is an area with a relatively flat surface, as you can see if you've been in the Great Plains of the US, or the Prairies of Canada - they're certainly very (relatively) flat compared to the Rocky Mountains at their west edge, but they are far from tabletop flat, crisscrossed with small to large streams & rivers, cut by gullies & coulees, & with occasional hills. Again, "featureless" is probably not appropriate; people who live in these places are quite able to find their way around, using landmarks & other features that differentiate one subarea from another. If there are no other features, there will be local variations in the distribution of vegetation, maybe with trees & shrubs along stream channels & near springs, grasses elsewhere, depending on soil type, etc.
I said "topographic relief" because "relief" by itself has many other meanings, & might not be clear here.
"Relief or topographic relief describes the amount of topographic change within a particular area. Another way to look at relief is the difference between the highest point and the lowest point in a given area." - https://lodore.wordpress.com/2010/12/02/topographic-relief/
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