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Figure 6.3. A topographic map of Venus derived from Pioneer Venus altimetry, showing names of major regions, including highland plateaus
such as Aphrodite Terra, and the location of the Venera and Vega (V) landing sites.
Figure 6.4. Hypsometric diagrams of elevations showing
the unimodal distribution on Venus and the bimodal
distribution on Earth, suggesting fundamental differences
in internal processes.
