Asked by: Petronilo Thulasidas
asked in category: General Last Updated: 13th May, 2020What is the average elevation of the continents?
The value of average continent elevation above sea level at present is 0.835 km.
Moreover, what is the average elevation of the world?
According to Earth - Wikipedia, “The elevation of the land surface varies from the low point of −418 m at the Dead Sea, to a maximum altitude of 8,848 m at the top of Mount Everest. The mean height of land above sea level is 840 m.”
how does the average depth of the oceans compared to the average elevation of the continents? The ocean floors are about 4 times as deep, on average, than the average elevation of the continents above sea level.
Also question is, what continent has the highest average elevation?
Antarctica
What continent has the lowest average elevation?
Australia