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Terrain is used as a general term in... Terrain affects surface water flow and distribution... The understanding of terrain is critical for a number of reasons... The terrain of a region largely determines its suitability for human settlement... understanding the terrain of an area enables the understanding of... Understanding terrain also supports on... An understanding of terrain is basic to both defensive and offensive strategy... Terrain is important in determining... Terrain is formed by intersecting processes... of a terrain or curvatures at each location...

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Terrain (disambiguation) | Present day Earth altimetry (and bathymetry).  Data from the National Geophysical Data Center's TerrainBase Digital Terrain Model. | | Earth | bathymetry | National Geophysical Data Center | A Jam-packed terrain: Shaded and colored image (i.e. terrain is enhanced) from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission—shows elevation model of New Zealand's Alpine Fault running about 500 km (300 mi) long. The escarpment is flanked by a vast chain of hills squeezed between the fault and the mountains of New Zealand's Southern Alps. Southwest is towards the top. | | Shuttle Radar Topography Mission | elevation model | Alpine Fault | escarpment | fault | mountains | New Zealand | Southern Alps | underwater | bathymetry | Topography | physical geography | land | elevation | slope | weather | climate | environmental | agriculture | hydrology | watershed | drainage | water | water quality | hydrology transport models | SWMM | DSSAM Models | water quality | soil conservation | Contour | plowing | sustainable agriculture | militarily | armed forces | troops | weather | precipitation | rain shadow | Geomorphology | Geological | tectonic plates | faulting | folding | volcanic | erosion | meteorite | Tectonic | orogenies | weathering | morphometric | slope | aspect | hydrological parameters | Climatic | solar radiation | landforms | watersheds | stream | ridges | break-lines | pools | | Wiktionary | Geomorphometry | Cartographic relief depiction | Raised-relief map | Relief ratio | Subterranea | Categories | Physical geography | Topography |
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