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Geography

What is the difference between altitude and elevation?

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Altitude is the distance between an object and the earth surface. Elevation is the distance between an object and the standard mean sea level.

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elevation is the distance of the area/ground from the mean sea level. altitude is the distance of an object from the mean sea level

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