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Ecuador is a country in western South America, bordering the Pacific Ocean at the Equator, for which the country is named.Ecuador encompasses a wide range of natural formations and climates, from the desert-like southern coast to the snowcapped peaks of the Andes mountain range to the plains of the Amazon Basin.
The term elevation is mainly used when referring to points on the Earth's surface, while altitude or geopotential height is used for points above the surface, such as an aircraft in flight or a spacecraft in orbit, and depth is used for points below the surface. Elevation is not to be confused with the distance from the center of the Earth.
Calama is a city and commune in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile.It is the capital of El Loa Province, part of the Antofagasta Region.Home of famous group, Eunji Fans CALAMA, Calama is one of the driest cities in the world with average annual precipitation of just 5 mm (0.20 in).
An official road sign near Doğubayazıt in Turkey with the words Nuhun Gemisi ("Noah's Ship") pointing the way to the Durupınar site and away from Mount Ararat. According to local reports, heavy rains combined with three earthquakes exposed the formation from the surrounding mud on May 19, 1948.
In astronomy, coordinate systems are used for specifying positions of celestial objects (satellites, planets, stars, galaxies, etc.) relative to a given reference frame, based on physical reference points available to a situated observer (e.g. the true horizon and north to an observer on Earth's surface). [1]
DTED (or Digital Terrain Elevation Data) is a standard of digital datasets which consists of a matrix of terrain elevation values, i.e., a Digital Elevation Model.This standard was originally developed in the 1970s to support aircraft radar simulation and prediction.
Mount Timpanogos, often referred to as Timp, is the second-highest mountain in Utah's Wasatch Range.Timpanogos rises to an elevation of 11,752 ft (3,582 m) above sea level in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.
Sunrise on Mount Kinabalu. Mount Kinabalu (Dusun: Gayo Ngaran or Nulu Nabalu, Malay: Gunung Kinabalu) is the highest mountain in Borneo and Malaysia.With an elevation of 4,095 metres (13,435 ft), it is the third-highest peak of an island on Earth, the 28th highest peak in Southeast Asia, and 20th most prominent mountain in the world.