Wake County topographic map
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Name: Wake County topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Location: Wake County, North Carolina, United States (35.51946 -78.99507 36.07654 -78.25453)
Average elevation: 96 m
Minimum elevation: 30 m
Maximum elevation: 218 m
Wake County is located in the northeast central region of North Carolina, where the North American Piedmont and Atlantic Coastal Plain regions meet. This area is known as the "fall line" because it marks the elevation inland at which waterfalls begin to appear in creeks and rivers. As a result, most of Wake County features gently rolling hills that slope eastward toward the state's flat coastal plain. Its central Piedmont location situates the county about three hours west of Atlantic Beach by car and four hours east of the Great Smoky Mountains.
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