Sentences with phrase «km above sea level»

The southern hemisphere has much more ocean than the north, and there is a massive quantity of ice, some over 2 km above sea level.

The earth's protective atmosphere or «skin» extends beyond 3,200 km above sea level to the large magnetic fields, called the Van Allen Belts, which can capture the charged particles sprayed through the cosmos by the solar and galactic winds.

The lower red graph shows the amount of water between 680 and 310 mb, corresponding to altitudes from about 3 to 6 km above sea level.

Meaning one get an effect similar to the higher troposphere one gets on Earth with the tropics: «At latitudes above 60, the tropopause is less than 9 -10 km above sea level; the lowest is less than 8 km high, above Antarctica and above Siberia and northern Canada in winter.

Consider how a continental ice sheet it built up and maintained: snow falls on top — i.e., a couple km above sea level, where it is pretty cold — and is slowly compressed to ice.

The Republic of Bolivia, is a mountainous landlocked country that boasts the highest capital city in the world at 4 km above sea level.

These clouds tend to be deep, with cloud top heights reaching as high as 10 km above sea level, Pettersen explains.

Not exact matches

It's sort of hard to define exactly where the atmosphere ends and outer space begins (since the atmosphere gradually falls off as you go up in altitude), but one popular choice is the so - called «Karman line» at a height of 100 km (or around 62 miles) above sea level.

Radar observations find that about 80 percent of the surface is covered by lava flows with a few Australia - size uplands of two to five km (1.2 to 3.1 miles) high, and there are large shield volcanoes that rise above the plains as high as 11 km (6.8 miles)-- higher than Mount Everest's eight km (five miles) above Earth sea - level.

The 550 - mile (885 - km) race offers a variety of rough terrain, from salty desert wallows, to dry lake beds and mountain passes as high as 8,000 ft (2,438 meters) above sea level.

Nelson Bay, the largest town of the Port Stephens area, is 223 km north of Sydney via the Pacific Highway, 69 km from Newcastle by road and 18 m above sea - level.

An important component of the Pacific «Ring of Fire», Mount Batur and its double calderas with a crescent - shaped volcanic lake (7 km long, 1.5 km wide) and located 1031m above sea level was called the finest caldera in the world.

From Salta station it takes 15 hours to complete the 434 km (270 miles) round trip to the Polvorilla viaduct, located 4,220 m (13,850 ft) above sea level.

This course is 35 km from Gili Gede and is situated 500 meters above sea level.

After walking for about 6 km, we will reach the highest point of the route, the Salkantay pass at 4650 meters above sea level, from where we can appreciate the imposing snowy peaks of the Andes.

Located in Guatemala, at 1585 Meters above sea level, located 6 km from Panajachel on the North East side of lake Atitlan, Santa Catarina Palopo is a village of 1000 inhabitants, 98 % of which are KaKchiquel, is a great place to invest.

The canyon is located 124 km to the south of Cusco on an altitude of 4200, above sea level.

Tomah Mountain Lodge is surrounded by the Blue Mountains World Heritage National Park with 100 kms of mountain views and 1000 metres above sea level.

The highest point is about 109 m above sea level and the island itself has a size of about 100 km ².

Bali Bedugul Botanical garden is unique in Bali as a place for botanical research, conservations, recreation, and educations located at bedugul village, 1240 meters above sea level, it is about 62 km from denpasar.

During four hiking days you cover 39 km / 24 miles, starting at 3,224 m / 10, 575», and finishing at 2,840 m / 9, 315» above sea level.

The village of Tala is located 8 km north of Paphos at an altitude of 500 - 600 meters above sea level, is known for its panoramic views of the city and coast.

The lagoons are located about 90 km from San Pedro at over 4000 meters above sea level.

The lake has a length of 22 km and a width of 11 km and is 875 metres above sea level.

2,335 miles (3,800 km) above sea level, this subtropical highland climate is temperate and adds a magical feel to the amazing sights.

This scenic route follows the Sacred Valley and the Urubamba River until we get to the 104th km mark located 2,000 m (6,561 ft) above sea level which is the starting point of the Short Inca Trail.

Rising 99m above sea level and located 2 km from the mouth of the Daintree River, this uninhabited island is part of the Hope Islands National Park.

It will not float until the height above sea level (freeboard) is 0.1 Km.

But if you take a trip to the bottom of the TauTona mine in South Africa, 3.9 km below sea level, you will find that water at 110 °C, well above the supposed boiling point of water, does not boil but remains liquid.