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Top Ranked Topographic Change Polygon Largest Relief Change for a Fill

By Significant Topographic Changes in the United States
Top Ranked Topographic Change Polygon Largest Relief Change for a Fill
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Detailed Description

Top ranked topographic change polygon (outlined in yellow): largest relief change for a fill (73.5 m). This feature is located at the Inspiration copper mine near Miami in southeastern Arizona. 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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Public Domain.