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Topography together with soil determines to a large extent the general logging technique which can be economically used in an area. Slope is perhaps the most critical of terrain features to impact upon off-road transport or mobility of equipment. Combined with slope, ground roughness has proven critical.
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Silversides, C.R., Sundberg, U. (1989). Topography. In: Operational Efficiency in Forestry. Forestry Sciences, vol 32. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0506-6_9
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