Elevation of Orsha, Vicebsk, Belarus

Orsha, Vicebsk, Belarus is 165 m (541 ft) above sea level.

Orsha's height from sea level is 165 metres, or 541 feet. GeoNames reads 179 m at the same point (SRTM); Wikidata records 192 m.

Also written: Orša Orsja Vorsha Орша.

Ground within 4 km

155 m – 197 m

Mean 177 m across the 8.1 km square centred on the town, 42 m from its lowest cell to its highest.

Rank by elevation

14th of 43

among the towns of Vicebsk, and 64th of 187 in Belarus.

Nearest town

6.6 km to the SW, at 173 m, 8 m higher.

Cross-section through Orsha

Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 22.7 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Orsha; the vertical scale is the same on both.

227152WE22.7 km
West to east: from 187 m at 11 km west to 202 m at 11 km east.
227152NS22.7 km
North to south: from 172 m at 11 km north to 177 m at 11 km south.
Shaded relief of the 48 km around Orsha, drawn from the GMTED2010 grid
Relief, 48 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 Orsha

TownDistanceDirectionElevationCompared
Baran' 6.6 kmSW 173 m (568 ft) +8 m
Balbasava 11.3 kmSW 193 m (633 ft) +28 m
Dubroŭna 17.8 kmE 172 m (564 ft) +7 m
Kopys' 22.3 kmSW 155 m (509 ft) −10 m
Kokhanava 27.6 kmW 207 m (679 ft) +42 m

Where Orsha is

Latitude 54.5091667, longitude 30.4258333. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.

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Orsha elevation: 165 m (541 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 Orsha'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 179 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.