Elevation of Riyāq, al-Biqa'a, Lebanon

Riyāq, al-Biqa'a, Lebanon is 928 m (3,045 ft) above sea level.

Riyāq's height from sea level is 928 metres, or 3,045 feet. GeoNames reads 928 m at the same point (SRTM); Wikidata records 930 m.

Also written: Riyak رياق.

Ground within 5 km

881 m – 1,505 m

Mean 974 m across the 9.3 km square centred on the town, 624 m from its lowest cell to its highest.

Rank by elevation

17th of 26

among the towns of al-Biqa'a, and 23rd of 74 in Lebanon.

Nearest town

'Ayn Baddīnā

4 km to the NW, at 947 m, 19 m higher.

Cross-section through Riyāq

Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 26.3 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Riyāq; the vertical scale is the same on both.

West to east: from 1,127 m at 13 km west to 1,432 m at 13 km east.

North to south: from 1,160 m at 13 km north to 1,450 m at 13 km south.

Shaded relief of the 55 km around Riyāq, drawn from the GMTED2010 grid — Relief, 55 km across, north up; the ring marks the town.

Shading is a north-west light over the grid's own slopes. Colour follows elevation: sea level and below, 0–200 m, 500 m, 1,000 m, 2,000 m, 3,500 m, 5,000 m and above.

Towns near Riyāq

Town	Distance	Direction	Elevation	Compared
'Ayn Baddīnā	4 km	NW	947 m (3,107 ft)	+19 m
H̨ušmuš	4.4 km	SW	889 m (2,917 ft)	−39 m
Nabī Šīt	9.6 km	E	1,234 m (4,049 ft)	+306 m
Zah̨lah	10.2 km	W	986 m (3,235 ft)	+58 m
Barr Ilyās	11.1 km	SW	871 m (2,858 ft)	−57 m

Peaks and passes near Riyāq

Chîr el Ahmar, peak at 2,593 m (8,507 ft), 15.9 km to the NW — 1,665 m above the town.
Ghorfe El Frensewye, peak at 2,555 m (8,383 ft), 17.6 km to the NW — 1,627 m above the town.
Mzâr Sannîne, peak at 2,463 m (8,081 ft), 20.2 km to the NW — 1,535 m above the town.

Summit heights from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), within 25 km; only summits higher than the town are listed.

Where Riyāq is

Latitude 33.849091, longitude 36.0121663. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.

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About this reading

The elevation is the value of the GMTED2010 terrain grid (USGS/NGA, 30 arc-second cells of about 1 km) at Riyāq's recorded coordinates. It is the height of the ground in that cell, not of any building; a town on a slope spans several cells, and the range above says how much that matters here. GeoNames' reading of 928 m comes from a finer 90 m SRTM grid at the point it records for the town, which may sit a few hundred metres from ours; the two agreeing to within a few metres is the usual case on flat ground, and a larger gap means the ground is steep. Wikidata's figure is the one its editors cite for the town, often from a survey marker or the town hall.