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Carson River Floodplain

Friday, November 17, 2023

This map was on my "map creation wishlist" for so long! What you see here is a relative elevation model (REM).

REMs detrend the baseline elevation of a digital elevation model to start at the river surface instead of at sea level. This is particularly helpful when you want to discern current/historical river features- or when you want to create something that looks mega-cool. 😁

Shout out to Dan Coe for a wonderful tutorial on how to create these types of maps!

🛠️ Tools Used: QGIS, Canva

© Chiara Phillips, 2025.
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