Elevation of Rumbek, Lakes, South Sudan

Rumbek, Lakes, South Sudan is 426 m (1,398 ft) above sea level.

Rumbek's height from sea level is 426 metres, or 1,398 feet. GeoNames reads 428 m at the same point (SRTM); Wikidata records 420 m.

Also written: Rumbik.

Ground within 5 km

420 m – 431 m

Mean 424 m across the 10.2 km square centred on the town, 11 m from its lowest cell to its highest.

Rank by elevation

5th of 5

among the towns of Lakes, and 71st of 113 in South Sudan.

Nearest town

38.9 km to the SE, at 430 m, 4 m higher.

Cross-section through Rumbek

Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 28.7 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Rumbek; the vertical scale is the same on both.

461400WE28.7 km
West to east: from 423 m at 14 km west to 424 m at 14 km east.
461400NS28.7 km
North to south: from 419 m at 14 km north to 442 m at 14 km south.
Shaded relief of the 60 km around Rumbek, drawn from the GMTED2010 grid
Relief, 60 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 Rumbek

TownDistanceDirectionElevationCompared
Akot 38.9 kmSE 430 m (1,411 ft) +4 m

Where Rumbek is

Latitude 6.8, longitude 29.6833333. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.

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Rumbek elevation: 426 m (1,398 ft) above sea level

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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 Rumbek'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 428 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.