Pays de la Loire topographic map
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Name: Pays de la Loire topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Location: Pays de la Loire, Metropolitan France, 49230, France (47.06266 -1.24957 47.17210 -1.08125)
Average elevation: 81 m
Minimum elevation: 23 m
Maximum elevation: 127 m
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