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Top Ranked Fill Polygon Based on The Combined Ranks

Detailed Description

Top ranked fill polygon based on the combined ranks for area, volume, and change in elevation, relief, slope, and aspect (outlined in yellow). This feature is located at the McCoy, Nevada, open pit gold mine. From left to right, the images are NED shaded relief, SRTM shaded relief with change polygons overlaid (blue = cut; red = fill), and Landsat image. The dates of the source data for the NED and SRTM are shown. This area is about 5.5 km east-west by 9.7 km north-south.

 

 

See the Significant Topographic Changes in the United States project for more information. 

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