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Acoustic Backscatter
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Acoustic Backscatter of Lake Tahoe, California-Nevada. The brighter tones may indicate harder surfaces such as rock, while the the darker tones may indicate softer surfaces such as sediment. The surrounding land is a shaded relief image generated from USGS 10-m DEMs. The lake is about 34 km (21 miles) long, north to south.
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U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey
URL: http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/pacmaps/lt-back.html
Page Contact Information: Peter Dartnell
Page Maintained By: Laura Zink Torresan
Page Last Modified: 8 September 2008 (lzt)
