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Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country in southern Africa, lying between latitudes 15° and 23°S, and longitudes 25° and 34°E. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the west and southwest, Zambia to the northwest, and Mozambique to the east and northeast. Its northwest corner is roughly 150…
Average elevation: 869 m

Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park
United States > Virginia > Spotsylvania County > Spotsylvania Courthouse
Average elevation: 82 m

Zurich
Switzerland > Zurich > District Zurich
On its west side, the Limmat valley is flanked by the wooded heights of the Albis chain, which runs along the western border. The Uetliberg is, with 869 m (2,851 ft) above sea level, the highest elevation of the surrounding area. Its summit can be reached easily by the Uetlibergbahn. From the platform of the…
Average elevation: 499 m

Mississauga
Canada > Ontario > Peel Region
The shoreline of former Glacial Lake Iroquois roughly follows the Dundas Street alignment, although it is not noticeable in some places but is more prominent in others, such as the site of the former brickyard (Shoreline Dr. near Mavis Rd.), the ancient shoreline promenteau affords a clear view of downtown…
Average elevation: 151 m

Rwanda
Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of East Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.…
Average elevation: 1,625 m

Detroit
United States > Michigan > Wayne County
The city slopes gently from the northwest to southeast on a till plain composed largely of glacial and lake clay. The most notable topographical feature in the city is the Detroit Moraine, a broad clay ridge on which the older portions of Detroit and Windsor are located, rising approximately 62 feet (19 m)…
Average elevation: 187 m

Pyeongtaek-si
With its low average elevation, Pyeongtaek has the warmest January average temperature in Gyeonggi Province at -4.5°C and the hottest average temperature in August at 26.4°C. The annual average precipitation is 1,100 millimeters with an average of 283.4 millimeters in July and 207.3 millimeters in August,…
Average elevation: 59 m

Sydney
Phillip had been given no instructions for urban development, but in July 1788 submitted a plan for the new town at Sydney Cove. It included a wide central avenue, a permanent Government House, law courts, hospital and other public buildings, but no provision for warehouses, shops, or other commercial…
Average elevation: 53 m

Addis Ababa
Moreover, the city held strong social organization patterns prior to the Italian invasion. According to Richard Pankhurst (1968), the city's accelerated population growth was due to factors of provisional governors and their troops, the 1892 famine, and eventually the Battle of Adwa. Another includes the 1907…
Average elevation: 2,371 m

Kittilä
Kittilä has a subarctic climate (Dfc) as a result of its northerly location and being far inland, which renders strong seasonal shifts. The sun does not set between 30 May and 15 July (47 days), and white nights lasts from early May to early August. The period that the sun does not rise lasts from 14 December…
Average elevation: 254 m

Dasmariñas
Dasmariñas is partly lowland and partly hilly. The Poblacion itself is elevated. From an elevation of 80 meters (260 ft) at the Poblacion, the land rises to 250 meters (820 ft) towards Silang. Generally, land near rivers and creeks are rugged. Dasmariñas is outside the typhoon belt and has no fault line…
Average elevation: 126 m

Centurion
South Africa > Gauteng > City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
Average elevation: 1,451 m

Hendrickson Corners
United States > New Jersey > Monmouth County > Middletown Township
Average elevation: 22 m

Rio de Janeiro
Brazil > Rio de Janeiro > Região Metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro
Temperature also varies according to elevation, distance from the coast, and type of vegetation or land use. During the winter, cold fronts and dawn/morning sea breezes bring mild temperatures; cold fronts, the Intertropical Convergence Zone (in the form of winds from the Amazon Forest), the strongest…
Average elevation: 43 m

Saint John
United States > United States Virgin Islands > Saint Thomas - Saint John District > East End
Average elevation: 26 m

Gibson Desert
The Gibson Desert is located between the saline Kumpupintil Lake and Lake Macdonald along the Tropic of Capricorn, south of the Great Sandy Desert, east of the Little Sandy Desert, and north of the Great Victoria Desert. The altitude rises to just above 500 metres (1,600 ft) in places. As noted by early…
Average elevation: 464 m

Coquitlam
Canada > British Columbia > Metro Vancouver Regional District
Like much of Metro Vancouver, Coquitlam has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate type Cfb), experiencing mild temperatures and high precipitation; warm, dry summers and cool, wet winters. However, compared to most other cities in the area, precipitation is especially heavy in Coquitlam due to its proximity to…
Average elevation: 190 m

Ar Rub` al Khali
Saudi Arabia > Eastern Province > Al Ahsa Governorate
The desert is 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) long, and 500 kilometres (310 miles) wide. Its surface elevation varies from 800 metres (2,600 ft) in the southwest to around sea level in the northeast. Most of the terrain is ergs, with sand dunes up to 250 metres (820 ft) high, interspersed with gravel and gypsum…
Average elevation: 183 m

Mont-Tremblant
Canada > Quebec > Les Laurentides
The city is dominated by Mont Tremblant with an altitude of 968m which is one of the highest peaks in southern Quebec.
Average elevation: 358 m