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The topography of the lower Colorado River and the Salton Sea are
depicted in this scene using elevation data acquired by the Shuttle Radar Topography
Misssion (SRTM) between February 11 to 22, 2000. The lower images show: a map
derived by processing part of the DEM data in IDRISI; and a Shuttle photograph.
The SRTM elevations are regularly spaced at one arc-second (approximately 30 meters).
SRTM data is available for downloading free of charge from the USGS server. (SRTM
tile: N33W116.hgt.zip)
ftp://edcsgs9.cr.usgs.gov/pub/data/srtm/GDPS/United_States/N33W116/1arcsec/
Related site:
Salton Sea Authority
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The URL of this site is [www.geoscience2000.info]
Author: Fred
Colbourne
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