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[1] [2] The "ultimate base level" is the surface that results from projection of the sea level under landmasses. [1] It is to this base level that topography tends to approach due to erosion, eventually forming a peneplain close to the end of a cycle of erosion. [3] [4] [5] [6]
The speed of downcutting depends on the stream's base level, the lowest point to which the stream can erode. Sea level is the ultimate base level, but many streams have a higher "temporary" base level because they empty into another body of water that is above sea level or encounter bedrock that resists erosion.
base level The lowest level to which a stream can erode its bed. The ultimate base level of all streams is sea level. [2] baseline An accurately measured line of known length on the Earth's surface, used as a reference line in triangulation and other surveying operations. [4] basin
Mount Logan is the largest non-volcanic mountain in base area (311 km 2 or 120 sq mi). The highest mountains above sea level are also not those with peaks farthest from the centre of the Earth, because the shape of the Earth is not spherical. Sea level closer to the equator is several kilometres farther from the centre of the Earth.
Death Valley's Badwater Basin is the point of lowest elevation in North America, at 282 feet (86 m) below sea level. [1] It is 84.6 miles (136.2 km) east-southeast of Mount Whitney – the highest point in the contiguous United States, with an elevation of 14,505 feet (4,421 m). [4]
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A stream that flows upon a uniformly erodible substrate will tend to have a steep gradient near its source, and a low gradient nearing zero as it reaches its base level.Of course, a uniform substrate would be rare in nature; hard layers of rock along the way may establish a temporary base level, followed by a high gradient, or even a waterfall, as softer materials are encountered below the ...