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  • In 1964, he amplified and simplified shapes into low-relief wall pieces he called 'erotic thermometers.'

    When the West Coast Went Pop Peter Plagens 2011

  • Two low-relief bronze panels on either side of Grant's pedestal represent the infantry.

    A Great Bronze Tarnished by Neglect Michael F. Bishop 2011

  • The Belize submarine shelf is the drowned expression of a low-relief karst surface with locally developed sinkholes such as the Boca Ciega 'blue hole', and river channels.

    Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System, Belize 2009

  • The resplendent age of Louis XIV (who lived from 1638 to 1715) is represented by an array of monumental statuary, high - and low-relief plaques and medallions, and beguiling statuette groups that attest to the sophistication with which French sculptors interpreted Baroque aesthetics.

    France's Artistic Mettle in Metal 2009

  • •Broad, undulating, low-relief agricultural valleys south of the Wisconsinan terminal moraine that are underlain by cavernous carbonate rock and characterized by karst topography and fertile soils.

    Ecoregions of New Jersey (EPA) 2009

  • As they flow down to the coast, the lower reaches of these rivers become highly sinuous and cross extensive, low-relief plains.

    Arnhem Land tropical savanna 2008

  • These features are isolated stands of trees upon low-relief features, primarily natural levee remnants, ant and termite mounds, and archaeological earthworks.

    Beni savanna 2008

  • Substrates of the low-relief region are a mix of sands, silts, and clays.

    Ecoregions of Mississippi (EPA) 2008

  • Substrates of the low-relief region are a mix of sands, silts, and clays, resulting in well to poorly drained Entisols and Inceptisols with silt loam or fine sandy loam surfaces.

    Ecoregions of Louisiana (EPA) 2008

  • The Peninsula is mostly low-relief, with undulating plains comprising three quarters of the region.

    Cape York tropical savanna 2008

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