agreed about all of the following
except i would still say the tripoint is not
necessarily within
altho at least partly surrounded by
your relatively flat lacustrine basin
--- "Lowell G. McManus" <
lgm@...> wrote:
> I have gone to Jesper's source, zoomed in, and
> captured a clearer
> version for our interpretation. It is attached.
>
> First, the contours are in feet, not meters. (The
> Map Mart site says
> so.) Note also that the distance scale is in miles.
>
> The contour interval is 250 feet. On this map,
> contours of 0, 250, 500,
> 750, and 1,000 feet are shown.
>
> Between the 750 and 500 contours (to the northeast
> of the lake, anyway),
> we find the depiction of the escarpment.
>
> Descending from the 0 contour, we find, first, the
> shore of the
> intermittent lake, then the shore of the more
> permanent lake.
>
> Within the northwestern lobe of the intermittent
> lake, we find several
> shoals that rise above the 0 contour (although they
> are covered,
> incongruously, with the blue stipple indicating
> intermittent
> inundation). The tripoint appears upon the shoulder
> of one of these
> shoals, just slightly above the 0 contour.
>
> I think that we can conclude that this best-known
> topographic map
> (whatever its possible imprecisions) shows the
> tripoint in a relatively
> flat lacustrine basin.
>
> Lowell G. McManus
> Leesville, Louisiana, USA
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "aletheia kallos" <aletheiak@...>
> To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 4:37 PM
> Subject: Re: SV: [BoundaryPoint] yikes kztmuz is
> reportedly undelineated
> & definitely elusive
>
>
> > as you say could not be very much higher
> > please be aware
> > the map if it can be believed shows the tripoint 2
> > distinct levels above the normal water level of
> the
> > recognizably outlined lake
> > &
> > at least some if not all the elevation gradients
> are
> > 250 meters apart
> >
> > --- "Lowell G. McManus" <lgm@...> wrote:
> >
> >> Jesper,
> >>
> >> Thanks very much for the three PDF maps of the
> area
> >> and the referral to Google Earth. When Google
> Earth
> >> debuted, I tried it, but it did not work for me.
> I
> >> tried it again today, and it works great!
> >>
> >> I think that your PDF maps demonstrate that the
> lake
> >> in the tripoint depression is variable in level
> and
> >> size over time or season, flooding the tripoint
> at
> >> times. Since this appears to be the case, the
> >> tripoint could not be very much higher in
> elevation
> >> than the more regularly wet lakebed farther
> >> southeast.
> >>
> >> Lowell G. McManus
> >> Leesville, Louisiana, USA
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: Jesper Nielsen/Borderbase
> >> To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> >> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 1:47 PM
> >> Subject: SV: SV: [BoundaryPoint] yikes kztmuz
> is
> >> reportedly undelineated & definitely elusive
> >>
> >>
> >> No fancy results of terrain (or 3d) to show as
> the
> >> entire areas is very flat. The tripoint itself is
> at
> >> water level at 0m and the surroundings do no go
> >> higher than 160 meters.
> >>
> >> But please learn to use the free Google Earth,
> >> downloadable at http://earth.google.com ,
> yourself.
> >>
> >> Jesper
> >> --
> >> Borderbase - your online guide to international
> >> borders and tripoints
> >> http://www.nicolette.dk/borderbase
> >
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