The borders of the San Francisco Bay Area are not officially delineated, and the unique development patterns influenced by the region's topography, as well as unusual commute patterns caused by the presence of three central cities and employment centers located in various suburban locales, has led to considerable disagreement between local and federal definitions of the area. Because of this, professor of geography at the University of California, Berkeley Richard Walker claimed that "no other U.S. city-region is as definitionally challenged [as the Bay Area]."

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Name: San Francisco Bay Area topographic map, elevation, terrain.

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, San Francisco, California, 94110, United States (36.78850 -123.35585 38.78850 -121.35585)

Average elevation: 113 m

Minimum elevation: -7 m

Maximum elevation: 1,296 m

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