Elevation of Wembezi, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Wembezi, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa is 1,255 m (4,117 ft) above sea level.

Wembezi's height from sea level is 1,255 metres, or 4,117 feet. GeoNames reads 1,254 m at the same point (SRTM).

Also written: Estcourt Wembesi.

Ground within 5 km

1,144 m – 1,464 m

Mean 1,281 m across the 9.6 km square centred on the town, 320 m from its lowest cell to its highest.

Rank by elevation

10th of 50

among the towns of KwaZulu Natal, and 123rd of 294 in South Africa.

Nearest town

Mooi River

30.2 km to the SE, at 1,392 m, 137 m higher.

Cross-section through Wembezi

Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 27 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Wembezi; the vertical scale is the same on both.

West to east: from 1,383 m at 14 km west to 1,273 m at 14 km east.

North to south: from 1,063 m at 14 km north to 1,375 m at 14 km south.

Shaded relief of the 57 km around Wembezi, drawn from the GMTED2010 grid — Relief, 57 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 Wembezi

Town	Distance	Direction	Elevation	Compared
Mooi River	30.2 km	SE	1,392 m (4,567 ft)	+137 m

Where Wembezi is

Latitude -29.026278, longitude 29.7744512. 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 Wembezi'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 1,254 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.