Kentucky topographic maps
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Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area
United States > Kentucky > Trigg County
The United States Army Corps of Engineers constructed a dam on the Cumberland, producing another lake. It was planned to be at the same elevation as Kentucky Lake, and the two rivers were to be connected by a canal that did not require locks. This project was intended to lessen the shipping distances for goods…
Average elevation: 146 m
Hickman County
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 253 square miles (660 km2), of which 242 square miles (630 km2) is land and 11 square miles (28 km2) (4.3%) is water. The elevation in the county ranges from 276 to 510 feet (84 to 155 m) above sea level. The county's western border is formed…
Average elevation: 116 m
Mammoth Cave National Park
United States > Kentucky > Edmonson County > Brownsville
The upper sandstone member is known as the Big Clifty Sandstone. Thin, sparse layers of limestone interspersed within the sandstone give rise to an epikarstic zone, in which tiny conduits (cave passages too small to enter) are dissolved by the natural acidity of groundwater. The epikarstic zone concentrates…
Average elevation: 215 m
