EnvThes
type: ConceptScheme

elevation
type: Concept

deprecated concept
type: Concept

elevation
in scheme: EnvThes
type: Concept
is replaced by: elevation
alternative label: altitude
scope note: US LTER controlled vocabulary
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: deprecated concept
deprecated: true