Indiana Base and Elevation Maps
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This Indiana base map highlights the location of the state capitol,
Indianapolis, and
other major cities throughout the state. Portions of Indiana's border states,
Michigan,
Ohio,
Kentucky, and
Illinois are
included to show the relationship between Indiana and its neighbors. Indiana borders the southern end of Lake
Michigan in the north. A small inset shows Indiana among the other 47 Continental United States. |
Indiana base map, Courtesy of Maps.com. |
Indiana elevation map, Courtesy of Maps.com. |
This elevation map of Indiana illustrates the number of feet or meters the
state rises above sea level. With a
mean elevation of only
700 feet above sea level, Indiana is a relatively flat state.
Its lowest point is at the Ohio River in Posey County in the southwestern corner of the
state.
The Till Plains run in broad belt from east to west across the center of Indiana.
Characterized by low hills and valleys, this part of the Midwestern "Corn Belt"1
is where the highest point in Indiana can be found. Rising to 1,257 feet above sea level,
Hoosier Hill is
located in the
eastern part of the state,
in Wayne County, near the Ohio border. Hoosier Hill is about 40 miles southeast of
Muncie
and about 10 1/2 miles north of
Richmond.
[ Topographic map
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1 Corn belt: The area of the United States where corn is a principal cash crop, including Iowa,
Indiana, most of Illinois, and parts of Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
Source: Environmental Protection Agency, http://www.epa.gov/agriculture/ag101/dairyglossary.html,
(October 23, 2006)
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