"Land elevation" refers to the height or altitude of the land measured above a reference point, such as sea level. It tells us how high or low the land is compared to the surrounding areas or the Earth's surface.
Sentences with «land elevation»
Satellites aren't built to last forever, so it's not a big surprise that the third and last laser on NASA's Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) quit working on October 11, outlasting its designed mission length by three and a half years. (scientificamerican.com)
However, far more rapid rates of land elevation changes, which are a sign of a thinning ice sheet that is discharging more water into the ocean and thereby raising global sea levels, occurred in West Antarctica, the study found. (mashable.com)
Volcanologists feared another eruption [4] between 1969 and 1984, when there were again earthquakes and changes in land elevations in the area. (en.wikipedia.org)