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The GIS Dictionary provides definitions for GIS terms related to operations such as analysis, GIS modeling and web-based GIS, cartography, and Esri software.

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  1. [geography] A depression in the earth's surface.

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  2. [geometry] A point on a surface around which all slopes are positive.

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