elevation

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 elevation difference is high, within a very short length," Maharjan said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

"Typically, Thismia species are known to occur in perennially humid lowland rainforests. However, this population was discovered in a seasonal, montane evergreen forest at an elevation of nearly 1,000 meters above sea level."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 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

New Guinea is mountainous and extremely rugged, rising to 16,500 feet and with glaciers capping the highest peaks, while Australia is mostly low and flat—94 percent of its area lies below 2,000 feet of elevation.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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

As this water moved through the rock, it reacted with olivine and produced carbonate inside fractures at lower elevations.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

Some inland areas at higher elevations, however, experienced localized increases in groundwater storage.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 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