Eastern topographic map
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About this map
Name: Eastern topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Location: Eastern, East Kenya, Kenya (-1.42128 36.00258 3.77872 41.20258)
Average elevation: 677 m
Minimum elevation: 38 m
Maximum elevation: 4,637 m
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