Tag: hypsometry

• How high is the world? Mountains, plateaus and height above sea level on one map

  

  A map of the height of the whole planet, sharp from continents to valleys. The world’s land averages 807 m, only 11% of it is above 2,000 m, and only 1.9% of the people in its cities live that high.

  Tristan Hotham

  Data stories, Games & other interests

  data visualisation, elevation, height above sea level, hypsometry, maps, mountains, terrain, Wikidata