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Surface Features



Levee
Levee.
Sand or mud; dunes; shifting sand
Sandy or muddy area; dunes; shifting sand.
Intricate surface
Intricate surface area. Areas that are too irregular to contour except in a very generalized manner, such as lava beds, sand dunes, and open strip mines. If patterns are used, no attempt has been made to represent the topography in detail.
Gravel beach; glacial mine
Gravel beach; glacial mine.
Tailings pond
Tailings pond. The discarded materials from ore treatment processes. In some cases, the mill wastes are in the form of finely divided particles suspended in water and disposed of in tailings ponds.