Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Stone fortification and mounds at the Devil's Backbone rock formation. Devil's Backbone is a rock formation and peninsula formed by the flow of Fourteen Mile Creek into the Ohio River, and is currently situated in Charlestown State Park near Charlestown, Indiana, and across the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky.
The Knobstone Escarpment is a rugged geologic region in Southern Indiana. Physically, the Knobstone Escarpment is the most rugged terrain in Indiana. The highest hill in the area is Weed Patch Hill, with an elevation of 1,060 feet above sea level. The escarpment's most prominent feature is its steep hills, often called "knobs", and ravines.
Total area is 36,419.55 square miles (94,326.2 km 2), making Indiana the 38th largest in size out of the 50 states. [1]Lake Michigan is the largest body of water wholly or partially within the state borders.
The elevation of a geographic area may be stated in several ways. These include: The maximum elevation of the area (high point); [a] The minimum elevation of the area (low point); [b] The arithmetic mean elevation of the area (statistical mean elevation); [c] The median elevation of the area (statistical 50% elevation); [d] and; The elevation ...
The lower Ohio River just below Louisville was obstructed by rapids known as the Falls of the Ohio where the elevation falls 26 feet (7.9 m) in 2 miles (3.2 km) restricting larger commercial navigation, although in the 18th and early 19th century its three deepest channels could be traversed by a wide variety of craft then in use.
The disturbance is 12.5 kilometres (7.8 mi) in diameter. The bedrock has a thin layer of glacial till, with a maximum depth of 40 metres (130 ft) in the depression ring. The bedrock around the impact structure is generally flat with a slight dip towards the southwest and the Illinois Basin.
Elevation above sea level Hudson: Lenawee County, Michigan: 927 feet (283 m) Summit west of Bryan: Williams County, Ohio: 873 feet (266 m) Summit west of Hicksville: Defiance, Ohio: 849 feet (259 m) Wabash-Erie channel. head of Maumee River: Allen County, Indiana: 737 feet (225 m) Summit east of Ft. Wayne: Allen County, Indiana 813 feet (248 m)
The Interior Low Plateaus lie at the southern edge of the glacial boundary. Unlike the till plain to the north, the underlying bedrock is generally close to the surface, and the topography of an area depends on how resistant the underlying bedrock is to erosion. More resistant sandstones have resulted in hillier areas such as the Norman Upland ...