eli5 How does measuring area in square miles work? If you have very mountainous terrain, does that increase the area compared to somewhere that is very flat?

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eli5 How does measuring area in square miles work? If you have very mountainous terrain, does that increase the area compared to somewhere that is very flat?

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If you’re measuring surface area yes.

If you were to look at God’s eye view of a 1×1 mile square of land. One flat, one mountainous, the flat would appear bigger.

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