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Iowa can be divided into eight landforms based on glaciation, soils, topography, and river drainage. Loess hills lie along the western border of the state, some of which are several hundred feet thick. Northeast Iowa along the Upper Mississippi River is part of the Driftless Area, consisting of steep hills and valleys which appear as mountainous.

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Name: Iowa topographic map, elevation, terrain.

Location: Iowa, United States (40.37560 -96.63972 43.50116 -90.14006)

Average elevation: 1,037 ft

Minimum elevation: 423 ft

Maximum elevation: 1,975 ft

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