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01-21-2009, 10:15 PM
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Detroit's landscape?
I had a question regarding Detroit's geography, particularly the land it is located on. Is it flat as a pancake or does it also have rolling hills and plateaus in certain areas...I notice a lot of its suburbs are titled things like Rochester Hills, Auburn Hills, etc. The city appears to be pretty flat but I've never been so I wouldn't know...
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01-22-2009, 06:06 PM
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All of the metro area is flat, the only hills you will find is if you go west of Detroit around the Northville Area, and if you go even further west (Ann Arbor) you can find some valleys. But no real big hills in Michigan.
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01-22-2009, 06:19 PM
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While it has no real "hills," Michigan does have a rather graceful, rolling terrain when you get out of the city itself, especially the northwest side. It is not as flat as Ohio.
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01-22-2009, 10:34 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by maja
While it has no real "hills," Michigan does have a rather graceful, rolling terrain when you get out of the city itself, especially the northwest side. It is not as flat as Ohio.
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Surprising..most of Ohio I thought was more rolling hills than flat. |
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01-23-2009, 10:51 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ajf131
Surprising..most of Ohio I thought was more rolling hills than flat.
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Thats because it is. NW Ohio is quite flat, but once you go east/south a bit, that definitely changes. The entire Southern half of the state is all rolling hills. As a whole, I'd say MI has more flat terrain than Ohio.
If you're looking in SE MI, once you get out into Livingston and Washtenaw counties with the lakes and parks, the landscape is far more varied, with rolling hills and terrain that is less than flat. Detroit and its suburbs are all pretty much nondescript though. |
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