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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

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

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

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

Hillcrest
South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal > eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality
Hillcrest is situated in the Upper Highway Area of Durban, approximately 32 kilometres (20 mi) north-west of the city and is bordered by Gillitts and Everton to the east, Waterfall to the north-east and Botha's Hill and Assagay to the north-west. It lies at an altitude of approximately 680 m (2231 ft) above…
Average elevation: 625 m

Vaal Dam
South Africa > Free State > Fezile Dabi District Municipality > Metsimaholo Local Municipality > Deneysville
Average elevation: 1,481 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

Thulamela Local Municipality
South Africa > Limpopo > Vhembe District Municipality
Average elevation: 492 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

Gauteng
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

Brunei
Average elevation: 100 m

KwaZulu-Natal
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

Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina > Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina > City of Sarajevo
Average elevation: 750 m

Gansbaai
South Africa > Western Cape > Overberg District Municipality > Overstrand Local Municipality
Average elevation: 34 m

Pietermaritzburg
South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal > uMgungundlovu District Municipality
Average elevation: 853 m

Joinville
Joinville has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa in the Köppen climate classification data). In some rare cases, Joinville gets hit by South Atlantic cyclones, the most notable being Cyclone Catarina in 2004. Although Joinville lies outside the tropic zone, because of its low altitude and proximity to the…
Average elevation: 162 m

Endumeni Local Municipality
South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal > Umzinyathi District Municipality
Average elevation: 1,245 m

Masilonyana Ward 3
South Africa > Free State > Lejweleputswa District Municipality > Masilonyana Local Municipality
Average elevation: 1,419 m

Pristina
By the early Iron Age, the distinctly Dardanian local variant of the Illyrian Glasinac-Mati culture appears in Kosovo with a particular spread in hilltop settlements. In the area of Pristina, a hilltop settlement appears since the 8th century BCE at an elevation of 685 metres near the village Teneshdoll,…
Average elevation: 650 m

2832
Austria > Lower Austria > Bezirk Neunkirchen > Scheiblingkirchen-Thernberg
Average elevation: 514 m

Drakensberg
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

Gqeberha
South Africa > Eastern Cape > Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality
Average elevation: 37 m

Western Cape
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

Jericho
South Africa > North West > Bojanala Platinum District Municipality > Madibeng Local Municipality
Average elevation: 1,046 m

Kakamas
South Africa > Northern Cape > ZF Mgcawu District Municipality > Kai !Garib Local Municipality
Average elevation: 667 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

Franschhoek
South Africa > Western Cape > Cape Winelands District Municipality > Stellenbosch Local Municipality
Average elevation: 502 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

Pico del Teide
Teide, or Mount Teide, (Spanish: El Teide, Pico del Teide, pronounced [ˈpiko ðel ˈtejðe], 'Peak of Teide') is a volcano on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, Spain. Its summit (at 3,715 m (12,188 ft)) is the highest point in Spain and the highest point above sea level in the islands of the Atlantic. If…
Average elevation: 3,200 m

Ezakheni
South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal > Uthukela District Municipality > Emnambithi/Ladysmith Local Municipality
Average elevation: 995 m

Sandton
South Africa > Gauteng > City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality
Average elevation: 1,583 m

Bishkek City
Bishkek is situated at an altitude of about 800 metres (2,600 ft), just off the northern fringe of the Kyrgyz Ala-Too Range, an extension of the Tian Shan mountain range. These mountains rise to a height of 4,895 metres (16,060 ft). North of the city, a fertile and gently undulating steppe extends far north…
Average elevation: 755 m

Astana
Astana is located in central Kazakhstan on the Ishim River in a very flat, semi-arid steppe region which covers most of the country's territory. It is at 51° 10' north latitude and 71° 26' east longitude. The city encompasses 722.0 square kilometres (278.8 sq mi). The elevation of Astana is 347 metres (1,138…
Average elevation: 363 m

Richards Bay
South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal > King Cetswayo District Municipality
Average elevation: 31 m

Free State
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

Travis County
Travis County straddles the Balcones Fault, the boundary between the Edwards Plateau to the west and the Texas Coastal Plain to the east. The western part of the county is characterized by the karst topography of the Texas Hill Country, while the eastern part exhibits the fertile plains and farmlands of the…
Average elevation: 231 m

Klaarstroom
South Africa > Western Cape > Central Karoo District Municipality > Prince Albert Local Municipality
Average elevation: 775 m

Prince Albert Ward 2
South Africa > Western Cape > Central Karoo District Municipality > Prince Albert Local Municipality
Average elevation: 888 m

Renosterberg Local Municipality
South Africa > Northern Cape > Pixley ka Seme District Municipality
Average elevation: 1,282 m

Midrand
South Africa > Gauteng > City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality
Average elevation: 1,542 m

Cederberg Local Municipality
South Africa > Western Cape > West Coast District Municipality
Average elevation: 427 m

East London
South Africa > Eastern Cape > Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality
Average elevation: 72 m

Waterford Township
United States > Michigan > Oakland County
Like the rest of Southeast Michigan, Waterford Township has a continental climate. It has a higher elevation than Detroit (982 feet (299 m) compared to 585 feet (178 m)), and therefore the township is somewhat cooler than Detroit and other nearby cities. It is moderately cold in the winter with varied snowfall…
Average elevation: 294 m

Umhlali
South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal > iLembe District Municipality > KwaDukuza Local Municipality
Average elevation: 55 m

uMkhuze Game Reserve
South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal > Umkhanyakude District Municipality
Average elevation: 102 m

Turkey
Turkey's topography is a diverse tapestry of mountains, plateaus, and coastal plains that create a strikingly varied landscape. The country is predominantly characterized by the Anatolian Plateau, a semi-arid highland that stretches across central Turkey, with elevations ranging from 700 to 2,000 meters. This…
Average elevation: 487 m

Exeter
United Kingdom > England > Devon
The city of Exeter was established on the eastern bank of the River Exe on a ridge of land backed by a steep hill. It is at this point that the Exe, having just been joined by the River Creedy, opens onto a wide flood plain and estuary which results in quite common flooding. Historically this was the lowest…
Average elevation: 56 m

Izingolweni
South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal > Ugu District Municipality > Ezinqoleni Local Municipality
Average elevation: 552 m

Aldam
South Africa > Free State > Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality > Setsoto Local Municipality
Average elevation: 1,372 m

Centurion
South Africa > Gauteng > City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
Average elevation: 1,451 m