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Housing development in the Tijuana Hills has led to eradication of many seasonal mountain streams. This lack of natural drainage makes places within the city vulnerable to landslides during the rainy season. The varied terrain of Tijuana gives the city elevation extremes that range from sea level to 790 meters (2,590 ft).
The following is a list of the world's major cities (either capitals, more than one million inhabitants or an elevation of over 1,000 m [3,300 ft]) by elevation. In addition, the country , continental region , latitude and longitude are shown for all cities listed.
This is a list of countries and territories by their average elevation above sea level based on the data published by Central Intelligence Agency, [1] unless another source is cited. The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO 3166-1.
El Alto in Bolivia is the highest-altitude city in the world This list of the highest cities in the world includes only cities with a population greater than 100,000 inhabitants and an average height above sea level over 2,000 metres (6,600 ft).
La Paz, Bolivia Quito, Ecuador Bogotá, Colombia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Thimphu, Bhutan Asmara, Eritrea Sana'a, Yemen Mexico City, Mexico Tehran, Iran Kabul, Afghanistan Nairobi, Kenya Kathmandu, Nepal. This is a list of national capitals ordered by elevation. Higher elevations typically have social, economic, and architectural effects on cities ...
sea level 406 m 1,332 ft Guatemala: Volcán Tajumulco [u] 4220 m 13,845 ft North Pacific Ocean Caribbean Sea: sea level 4220 m 13,845 ft Guernsey: Le Moulin: 114 m 374 ft English Channel: sea level 114 m 374 ft Guinea: Mont Nimba (Mount Richard-Molard) 1752 m 5,748 ft North Atlantic Ocean: sea level 1752 m 5,748 ft Guinea-Bissau: Monte Torin: 266 m
If you measure altitude above mean sea level, then the 29,032-foot (8,849-meter) Mount Everest, which straddles the border between Tibet and Nepal, is clearly the world’s highest.
This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks [1] of Mexico. The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways: The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height on the summit above a geodetic sea level. [2] The first table below ranks the 40 highest major summits of México by elevation.