SSC
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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How far above sea level something is
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How deep the ocean is
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How many square miles of land a country has
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How much erosion has occured
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Detailed explanation-1: -Elevation is distance above sea level. Elevations are usually measured in meters or feet.
Detailed explanation-2: -Altitude, like elevation, is the distance above sea level. Areas are often considered “high-altitude” if they reach at least 2, 400 meters (8, 000 feet) into the atmosphere. The most high-altitude point on Earth is Mount Everest, in the Himalayan mountain range on the border of Nepal and the Chinese region of Tibet.
Detailed explanation-3: -An altimeter is a device that measures altitude, the distance of a point above sea level. Altimeters are important navigation instruments for aircraft and spacecraft pilots who monitor their height above Earth’s surface.
Detailed explanation-4: -ELEVATION is the height of a point above (or below) sea level. SEA LEVEL or, as it is more usually called, mean sea level, is the average height of the surface of the sea. As the tide rises and falls, hourly observations of the height of the sea on an open coast are conducted over a 19-year period.