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South Africa

South Africa's topography is characterized by a high central plateau, known as the Highveld, which lies at elevations between 1,200 and 1,800 meters (3,937 to 5,906 feet) above sea level. This plateau is encircled by the Great Escarpment, a prominent mountainous feature that includes the Drakensberg Mountains,…

Average elevation: 221 m

St. Louis

United States > Missouri

Average elevation: 143 m

Johannesburg

South Africa > Gauteng > City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality

Johannesburg is located in the eastern plateau area of South Africa known as the Highveld, at an elevation of 1,753 metres (5,751 ft). The former Central Business District is located on the southern side of the prominent ridge called the Witwatersrand (English: White Water's Ridge) and the terrain falls to the…

Average elevation: 1,615 m

Cape Town

South Africa > Western Cape > City of Cape Town

The Cape Peninsula is 52 km long from Mouille Point in the north to Cape Point in the south, with an area of about 470 km2, and it displays more topographical variety than other similar sized areas in southern Africa, and consequently spectacular scenery. There are diverse low-nutrient soils, large rocky…

Average elevation: 53 m

Stellenbosch

South Africa > Western Cape > Cape Winelands District Municipality > Stellenbosch Local Municipality

Stellenbosch is 53 km (33 mi) east of Cape Town via National Route N1. Stellenbosch is in a hilly region of the Cape Winelands, and is sheltered in a valley at an average elevation of 136 m (446 ft), flanked on the west by Papegaaiberg (Afrikaans: Parrot Mountain), which is actually a hill. To the south is…

Average elevation: 287 m

Gauteng

South Africa

Gauteng's southern border is the Vaal River, which separates it from the Free State. It also borders on North West to the west, Limpopo to the north, and Mpumalanga to the east. Gauteng is the only landlocked province of South Africa without a foreign border. Most of Gauteng is on the Highveld, a high-altitude…

Average elevation: 1,405 m

Pretoria

South Africa > Gauteng > City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality

Pretoria is situated approximately 55 km (34 mi) north-northeast of Johannesburg in the northeast of South Africa, in a transitional belt between the plateau of the Highveld to the south and the lower-lying Bushveld to the north. It lies at an altitude of about 1,339 m (4,393 ft) above sea level, in a warm,…

Average elevation: 1,363 m

Brunei

Average elevation: 100 m

Limpopo

South Africa

Average elevation: 887 m

Bloemfontein

South Africa > Free State > Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality

Situated at an elevation of 1,395 m (4,577 ft) above sea level, the city is home to approximately 520,000 residents and forms part of the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality which has a population of 747,431. It was one of the host cities for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Average elevation: 1,374 m

Northern Cape

South Africa

Average elevation: 969 m

KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa

KwaZulu-Natal has a varied yet verdant climate thanks to diverse, complex topography. Generally, the coast is subtropical with inland regions becoming progressively colder. Durban on the south coast has an annual rainfall of 1009 mm, with daytime maxima peaking from January to March at 28 °C (82 °F) with a…

Average elevation: 777 m

Tagap

Brunei

Average elevation: 20 m

Kaeng Krachan National Park

Thailand

Average elevation: 406 m

Table Mountain

South Africa > Western Cape > City of Cape Town > Cape Town

Table Mountain is at the northern end of a sandstone mountain range that forms the spine of the Cape Peninsula that terminates approximately 50 kilometres (30 mi) to the south at the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Point. Immediately to the south of Table Mountain is a rugged "plateau" at a somewhat lower elevation…

Average elevation: 583 m

Western Cape

South Africa

The province is topographically exceptionally diverse. Most of the province falls within the Cape Fold Belt, a set of nearly parallel ranges of sandstone folded mountains of Cambrian-Ordovician age (the age of the rocks is from 510 to about 330 million years ago; their folding into mountains occurred about 350…

Average elevation: 581 m

Eastern Cape

South Africa

Average elevation: 778 m

Ndejje

Uganda > Wakiso

Average elevation: 1,189 m

Loch Errochty

United Kingdom > Scotland > Perth and Kinross

Loch Errochty is a man made freshwater loch situated within the Perth and Kinross council area at the edge of the Scottish Highlands near the Highland Boundary Fault where the topography changes to lowland.

Average elevation: 457 m

Loch Sloy

United Kingdom > Scotland > Argyll and Bute

Average elevation: 479 m

Capetown

United States > California > Humboldt County

Average elevation: 163 m

Durbanville

South Africa > Western Cape > City of Cape Town

Durbanville is situated in the northern suburbs of Cape Town, approximately 28 kilometres (17.4 mi) north-east of the city, bordered by Bellville to the south, Brackenfell to the south-east and Kraaifontein to the east. It lies at an altitude of between 100 m (328 ft) to 240 m (787 ft), in the vast rolling…

Average elevation: 157 m

Drakensberg

Lesotho > Mokhotlong District

The Drakensberg (Zulu: uKhahlamba, Sotho: Maloti, Afrikaans: Drakensberge) is the eastern portion of the Great Escarpment, which encloses the central Southern African plateau. The Great Escarpment reaches its greatest elevation – 2,000 to 3,482 metres (6,562 to 11,424 feet) within the border region of South…

Average elevation: 3,286 m

Spongano

Italy > Apulia > Lecce

Average elevation: 101 m

Cliffdale

United States > Illinois > Calhoun County

Average elevation: 154 m

Igamba

Uganda > Iganga

Average elevation: 1,133 m

Las Vegas

United States > Nevada > Clark County

In 1829, Mexican trader and explorer Antonio Armijo led a group consisting of 60 men and 100 mules along the Old Spanish Trail from modern day New Mexico to California. Along the way, the group stopped in what would become Las Vegas and noted its natural water sources, now referred to as the Las Vegas Springs,…

Average elevation: 767 m

City of Cape Town

South Africa > Western Cape

Average elevation: 114 m

Canberra

Australia

The area chosen for the capital had been inhabited by Indigenous Australians for up to 21,000 years, with the principal group being the Ngunnawal people. European settlement commenced in the first half of the 19th century, as evidenced by surviving landmarks such as St John's Anglican Church and Blundells…

Average elevation: 638 m

Mantong Township

Myanmar > Shan State

Average elevation: 1,004 m

Kamieskroon

South Africa > Northern Cape > Namakwa District Municipality > Kamiesberg Local Municipality

Kamieskroon is a small town in the Kamiesberg Local Municipality, lying in the foothills of the Kamiesberge at an elevation of approximately 800 m (2 600 ft). The town is more or less in the centre of Namaqualand, about 70 km (43 mi) to the south of Springbok, Northern Cape, South Africa. It is known mainly…

Average elevation: 789 m

Mahikeng

South Africa > North West > Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality

Close to South Africa's border with Botswana, Mafikeng is 1,400 km (870 mi) northeast of Cape Town and 260 km (160 mi) west of Johannesburg. In 2001 it had a population of 49,300. In 2007 Mafikeng was reported to have a population of 250,000, of which the CBD constituted between 69,000 and 75,000. It is built…

Average elevation: 1,321 m

Namhsan Township

Myanmar > Shan State

Average elevation: 1,021 m

Wagin

Australia > Western Australia

Average elevation: 287 m

6th of October

Egypt > Giza

Average elevation: 141 m

Lummen

Belgium > Limburg > Hasselt

Average elevation: 30 m

Valbona

Spain > Aragon > Gúdar-Javalambre

Average elevation: 1,007 m

Arana

Spain > Castile and León > Condado de Treviño

Average elevation: 663 m

Long Beach

United States > California > Los Angeles County

Willow Springs Park was founded as a part of the Willow Springs Wetlands Restoration Project which opened in October 2017. The project restored 11 acres of a 48-acre degraded oil well site into wetlands. These highlight the pivotal role the ecosystem played in the City of Long Beach's establishment in the late…

Average elevation: 12 m

Washington County

United States > Oregon

Average elevation: 213 m

Kurna

Turkey > Burdur Merkez

Average elevation: 1,198 m

Harare

Zimbabwe > Harare > Harare

Harare (/həˈrɑːreɪ/ hə-RAR-ay), formerly known as Salisbury, is the capital and largest city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of 982.3 km2 (379.3 sq mi), a population of 1,849,600 as of the 2022 census, and an estimated 2,487,209 people in its metropolitan province. The city is situated in…

Average elevation: 1,470 m

Glenview

United States > Illinois > Cook County

Average elevation: 199 m

Papenburg

Germany > Lower Saxony > Landkreis Emsland

Average elevation: 5 m

Ziru

Uganda > Central Region > Entebbe City

Average elevation: 1,170 m

North Sea

Average elevation: 92 m

Umlazi

South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal > eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality

Umlazi is situated on a series of undulating hills at an average elevation of 101 metres above sea level between the uMlaza River to the north and the uMbokodweni River to the south. Another river running through Umlazi is the Siphingo River which also runs towards the south of the township.

Average elevation: 100 m

Free State

South Africa

The Free State is situated on a succession of flat grassy plains sprinkled with pastureland, resting on a general elevation of 3,800 feet only broken by the occasional hill or kopje. The rich soil and pleasant climate allow for a thriving agricultural industry. With more than 30,000 farms, which produce over…

Average elevation: 1,499 m

Sitges

Spain > Catalonia > Garraf

Average elevation: 131 m

Bouhmama

Algeria > Khenchela > Bouhmama District

Average elevation: 1,288 m

Cainta

Philippines > Rizal

Average elevation: 33 m

Donald

Australia > Victoria

Average elevation: 120 m

Hailsham

United Kingdom > England > East Sussex > Wealden > Hailsham

Average elevation: 14 m

Crewe

United Kingdom > England > Cheshire East

Average elevation: 52 m

Image

United States > Washington > Clark County > Vancouver

Average elevation: 75 m

Rheenendal

South Africa > Western Cape > George

Average elevation: 220 m

Longa

Angola > Cuanza Sul Province

Average elevation: 590 m

Queens

United States > New York > Queens County > New York

Many of the village street grids of Queens had only worded names, some were numbered according to local numbering schemes, and some had a mix of words and numbers. In the early 1920s, a "Philadelphia Plan" was instituted to overlay one numbered system upon the whole borough. The Topographical Bureau, Borough…

Average elevation: 11 m