Elevation of Balaka, Malawi
Balaka, Malawi is 637 m (2,090 ft) above sea level.
Balaka's height from sea level is 637 metres, or 2,090 feet. GeoNames reads 633 m at the same point (SRTM).
Ground within 5 km
Mean 636 m across the 10 km square centred on the town, 128 m from its lowest cell to its highest.
Cross-section through Balaka
Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 28.3 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Balaka; the vertical scale is the same on both.
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 Balaka
| Town | Distance | Direction | Elevation | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liwonde (Machinga) | 31.3 km | E | 485 m (1,591 ft) | −152 m |
| Ntcheu (Ntcheu) | 38.6 km | NW | 1,141 m (3,743 ft) | +504 m |
Where Balaka is
Latitude -14.98053, longitude 34.95586. 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 Balaka'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 633 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.