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Toposequence Examples

Figure 4. Six ecosystem types along a toposequence beginning in tussock tundra and ending on the floodplain of the Sagavanirktok River. The total vertical drop is about 20 m, and the horizontal distance is about 200 m (Shaver et al. 1991).