elevation

Automated software often reported trees as being much taller than they really were, especially when they stood beside cliffs or sharp changes in elevation.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

The Via Alpina course follows the length of the Alps with elevation equivalent to climbing Mount Everest a dozen times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

I generally prefer, as a strategic matter, an elevation of shared values—inclusive, connective, moral language such as reclaiming, rather than reinventing or discarding.

From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026

"Rescuers have also confirmed the presence of one additional body at a significantly higher elevation," he said in a statement.

From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026

Most of it is a fragile land base where the elevation is high, rainfall is scarce, and drought is a part of life.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Researchers have identified genes in Tibetan dogs that allow them to function in oxygen-poor conditions that would challenge breeds from lower elevations.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026

When the new system becomes official in the next year, latitudes, longitudes and elevations across the country will change by as much as 13 feet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

In an average year, snowlines would not reach those elevations until roughly two months later.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 2026

Hikers should expect soft, wet, slushy or muddy conditions during warmer parts of the day and snow across much of the trail at high elevations and in shaded areas, the organization said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026

By diverting snowmelt from the ever-present Andes icecaps to high farm terraces, Wari was able literally to rise above the drought and flooding of lower elevations.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann