New map: Meanders of the Little Patuxent River

map of a river valley showing meanders

This is a relative elevation model of the Little Patuxent River, in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, where the river flows through the Patuxent Research Refuge. A REM takes digital elevation data and adjusts it so that it displays heights relative to the water’s surface as a river flows downstream, emphasizing abandoned channels and side channels that are hidden under trees in aerial photos.

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