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Stacked contour-following hatches.
Also known as: Terrace map symbol China
Denotes terraced agricultural fields on a Chinese topographic map.
Draws along the contour rather than in a regular grid, so the symbol carries the slope: a reader can tell from the symbol alone which way the ground falls, which a generic cultivation hatch cannot say.
Contexts: Maps
A run of short strokes set along a series of curved lines that follow the ground contour, one row of strokes per terrace edge.