The changes in elevation over a landscape. Relief is considered to be one of the five principal factors of soil formation and a catena of soils that varies solely (or essentially so) as a function of relief, is called a toposequence.
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(2008). Relief. In: Chesworth, W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Soil Science. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-3995-9_480
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