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English: Description on website: "North America is an ideal continent for physical mapping. The irregular coast, varied terrain, and diverse environments form a cartographic mosaic of colors and textures. Besides being beautiful, these features also tell geographic stories. The cordillera running along the entire Pacific coast gives evidence of the theory of plate tectonics. And looking south from Canada’s arctic islands to Panama’s rain forests, we see the influence of latitude and elevation on natural vegetation.

I made this map during the winter of 2020-21 to keep busy during the pandemic. It is comprised of freely available geospatial data that I manipulated using GIS and graphical software. To decide which features to label, I consulted maps, atlases, and numerous online sites, including Peakbagger, PeakVisor, and Wikipedia. I am very grateful to the many people on Twitter who commented on a draft of the map.

I hope that you enjoy using the map as much as I did making it.

Tom Patterson March 9, 2021"

Lambert Azimuthal Equal-Area Projection

Central meridian 95° W Latitude of origin 45° N"
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Source http://www.shadedrelief.com/north-america/
Author Tom Patterson

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Public domain This work has been released into the public domain by its author, Tom Patterson (at http://www.shadedrelief.com/north-america). This applies worldwide.
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