{"title":"Mountains","description":"\u003cp\u003eMountains are among the most impressive and challenging subjects in cartography. Unlike flat land, they require special techniques to depict ridges, valleys, and peaks in a three-dimensional way – from historical hachures and contour lines to hillshading that makes the relief almost come alive. Maps of mountainous regions often tell more than pure geography: They show historical borders, old trade routes over passes, and the way people of past centuries tried to comprehend impassable terrain. 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