sea level
noun
: the level of the surface of the sea especially at its mean position midway between mean high and low water compare ground level sense 1a
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The second-highest in terms of altitude is the Autodromo Carlos Pace in Interlagos, the home of the Brazilian Grand Prix, which sits at 800 metres above sea level.
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Dan Cancian, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
Lake Grapevine is at about 533 feet above sea level, above the low threshold but below its normal depth.
—Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 23 Oct. 2024
The researchers never expected to find a 30-acre medieval city in a relatively inhospitable climate around 7,000 feet above sea level.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2024
The Escalator Roughly sixty-nine hundred miles west of the airport and thirty-six thousand feet above sea level, the flight to Seoul is about to begin its descent.
—Paul Yoon, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2024
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Dan Cancian, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
Lake Grapevine is at about 533 feet above sea level, above the low threshold but below its normal depth.
—Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 23 Oct. 2024
The researchers never expected to find a 30-acre medieval city in a relatively inhospitable climate around 7,000 feet above sea level.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2024
The Escalator Roughly sixty-nine hundred miles west of the airport and thirty-six thousand feet above sea level, the flight to Seoul is about to begin its descent.
—Paul Yoon, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2024
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“Sea level.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sea%20level. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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