Columbus topographic map
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![Columbus topographic map, elevation, terrain](/pub/maps/relation/c1tj/jvj5k/thumbnail.jpg)
Name: Columbus topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Location: Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, United States (39.80869 -83.21018 40.15731 -82.77131)
Average elevation: 856 ft
Minimum elevation: 554 ft
Maximum elevation: 1,125 ft
The confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers is just northwest of Downtown Columbus. Several smaller tributaries course through the Columbus metropolitan area, including Alum Creek, Big Walnut Creek and Darby Creek. Columbus is considered to have relatively flat topography thanks to a large glacier that covered most of Ohio during the Wisconsin Ice Age. However, there are sizable differences in elevation through the area, with the high point of Franklin County being 1,132 ft (345 m) above sea level near New Albany, and the low point being 670 ft (200 m) where the Scioto River leaves the county near Lockbourne. Numerous ravines near the rivers and creeks also add variety to the landscape. Tributaries to Alum Creek and the Olentangy River cut through shale, while tributaries to the Scioto River cut through limestone.
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