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Preferred term

elevation

Is replaced by

elevation

Definition

The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface

Broader concept

deprecated concept

Entry terms

altitude

Scope note

US LTER controlled vocabulary

Creator

herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/USLterCV_177

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Created 3/31/16, last modified 3/21/22

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