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elevation

[el-uh-vay-shuhn] / ˌɛl əˈveɪ ʃən /




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French government agencies and the University of Montpellier have defined a coastal evacuation zone using elevation, distance from the sea, and historical information.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

Law demolished the arguments of the miasmists, marshaling data to show that local eruptions of equine flu were unrelated to temperature, elevation, soil conditions, changes in weather or any of the other widely touted causes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

The route at Thousand Steps Beach in South Laguna gains roughly 250 feet in elevation within a quarter mile from the sand to the highest point of the Ninth Avenue hill.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

However, the elevation of Moses Itauma v Filip Hrgovic to a world title fight left this big-ticket event feeling rather undeservedly like a support act.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

General subsidence of the waterfront, combined with a rise in elevation inland, have erased the city’s original oudines.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

But if no snow survives the summer, it cannot replace the ice lost to melting at lower, warmer elevations.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

One of the most ominous findings is what researchers observed at measurement sites at the highest elevations, where temperatures are lowest and glaciers are typically snow-covered.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

A substantial share of the Colorado River's annual flow begins as snow that accumulates at high elevations during winter and melts during spring and early summer.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

The later study found that water reached elevations of 3.5 meters locally and flooded as far as 150 meters inland.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

My mountain and all its elevations were on it, so I was studying the contours for the waterway when she stuck her head in the door.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George




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