elevation
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The English managed the flow of the game intelligently, and Mexico City’s much-discussed elevation of 7,350 feet above sea level never proved to be a significant factor in the match.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
Mexico City has an average elevation of approximately 2,240 metres above sea level, meaning there is less oxygen available.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
It can identify locations within approximately 20 meters and can even estimate elevation, revealing which floor of a building someone occupies.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026
That model tracks changes in ice sheet movement, thickness, temperature, and elevation across Antarctica and the Northern Hemisphere.
From Science Daily ● May 29, 2026
But his cousin had buried her; near the guava tree there was a slight elevation of earth and a cross roughly made from two branches.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Pumped-storage systems store water in reservoirs at different elevations, releasing water to generate electricity but catching it in downhill basins, then pumping it back up during periods of low power demand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
In an average year, snowlines would not reach those elevations until roughly two months later.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 2026
The Sheriff’s Office warned that visitors on the trails should prepare for conditions that can differ significantly between high and low elevations.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
North Halmahera police chief Erlichson Pasaribu said that retrieval of the bodies, which are located at higher elevations, has been hampered by repeated eruptions, difficult terrain and strong blasts from the volcano.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
Finally, in former times New Guinea’s available root crops were limiting for calories as well as for protein, because they do not grow well at the high elevations where many New Guineans live today.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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