trace
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By merging these datasets, they were able to trace how individual features connected and calculate the total size of the resulting drainage systems.
From Science Daily
If you visit the area, remember to leave no trace, never step on the wildflowers and do not collect anything — flowers, rocks or artifacts.
From Los Angeles Times
But what’s even more remarkable about this year’s College Football Playoff is how much of it can be traced to Saban’s time in Tuscaloosa, even though he’s now been retired for two years.
For days, divers scanned the waters off Lovers Point hoping to find a trace of Erica Fox, the missing open-water swimmer believed to have been killed by a shark on Dec. 21.
From Los Angeles Times
Funk’s roots can be traced back to the Horace Silver Trio’s jazz recordings of the early 1950s.
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