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EARTH FEATURES AND THEIR MEANING 



black lines of overprinting which indicate railways, lines of high- 

 way, and other culture elements. On river maps, which are 

 printed without culture, the pattern is much more easily recog- 

 nized (Figs. 242 and 243). Wherever the relief is strong, as is 



smiles 



FIG. 242. Controlled 

 drainage network of 

 the Shepaug River 

 in Connecticut. 



FIG. 243. A river network of repeating rectangular pat- 

 tern. Near Lake Temiskaming, Ontario (from the map 

 by the Dominion Government). 



the case in the Adirondack Mountain province of the State of 

 New York, individual hills may stand in relief between the bound- 

 ing streams which compose the rectangular network, like the 

 squared pedestals of monuments. Such a type of relief carved in 

 repeating patterns has been described as " checkerboard topog- 

 raphy." 



The dividing lines of the relief patterns lineaments. The 

 repeating design outlined in the river network of the Temiska- 

 ming district (Fig. 243) would appear in greater perfection if we 

 could reproduce the relief without at the same time obscuring 



