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Streams (yellow lines) contained within topographic change polygons

By Significant Topographic Changes in the United States
Streams (yellow lines) contained within topographic change polygons
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Streams (yellow lines) contained within topographic change polygons for an area in Perry County in eastern Kentucky. Change polygons are overlaid on SRTM shaded relief (blue = cut; red = fill). Note that the streams are located in the valley fills resulting from mountaintop mining. The area shown is about 13.1 kilometers east-west by 10.6 kilometers north-south.

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Public Domain.