Toolik Lake topographic map
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Toolik Lake
Tussock tundra dominates the terrain surrounding the lake. Other plant communities in the area include wet sedge tundra, as well drier heath tundra found at higher elevations. Low growing shrubs are abundant, including birches and willows. Trees are not present. Since surveys began, there has been a 19 percent increase in vascular vegetation abundance in the area around Toolik Lake, and plant canopy height and extent have been increasing. Conversely, moss and lichen abundance has seen a significant decrease.
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Name: Toolik Lake topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Location: Toolik Lake, North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States (68.62460 -149.63215 68.64077 -149.58798)
Average elevation: 731 m
Minimum elevation: 688 m
Maximum elevation: 777 m
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