Negros topographic map
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Name: Negros topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Location: Negros, Negros Island Region, Philippines (9.03808 122.37590 11.00300 123.56886)
Average elevation: 374 ft
Minimum elevation: -7 ft
Maximum elevation: 7,749 ft
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Average elevation: 2,890 ft
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