Sunday, September 7, 2008

Topographic map of Mountainous Region
















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This is a topographic map of Mt. Passaconway and Mt. Tripyramid with the surrounding elevations. The lines in the image are called contour lines and indicate changes in elevation. This image is meant to be viewed as 3-d in some respects because of the way the elevation is charted.

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