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Elevation-Derived Hydrography READ Rules: Ice Mass

By NGP Standards and Specifications 2020 (approx.)
Imagery and a map depicting ice mass features.
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Detailed Description

Mendenhall Glacier in Alaska is shown as an example of an ice mass feature. Source data are from the National Hydrography Dataset (U.S. Geological Survey, 2020), which is used to provide examples of hydrographic feature types but may not have the same density and other characteristics of elevation-derived hydrography.

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